Deep blue

#28495e

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for deep blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and soft. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #28495e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#28495e

RGB40, 73, 94

HSL203, 40%, 26%

HSV203, 57%, 37%

CMYK57%, 22%, 0%, 63%

Lab29.47, -5.25, -16.07

XYZ5.28, 6.02, 11.47

Decimal2640222

Web safe#333366

Pantone302 C

Shades of deep blue

#254357 #223e4f #1f3848 #1c3241 #192d3a #152732 #12222b #0f1c24 #0c161d #091115

Tints of deep blue

#335d77 #3d7090 #4884a9 #5c95ba #75a5c4 #8eb6cf #a7c6da #c0d6e4 #d9e7ef #f2f7fa

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#5e3d28 Analogous#285e58 Analogous#282e5e Triadic#5e2849 Triadic#495e28 Split complementary#5e282e Split complementary#5e5828

Deep blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 57, 22, 0, 63.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #28495e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 22 0 63

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 24 4 69

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Deep blue in css

Copy #28495e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #28495e; }
.text { color: #28495e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #28495e; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #28495e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #28495e against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #28495e sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #28495e and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #28495e is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.