Steel blue

#50849d

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

Steel blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Steel blue color values

Every conversion for #50849d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#50849d

RGB80, 132, 157

HSL199, 32%, 46%

HSV199, 49%, 62%

CMYK49%, 16%, 0%, 38%

Lab52.56, -10.27, -18.74

XYZ17.65, 20.64, 34.95

Decimal5276829

Web safe#669999

Pantone5415 C

Shades of steel blue

#49798f #426d82 #3b6274 #345666 #2d4b59 #263f4b #1f343d #182830 #111d22 #0a1114

Tints of steel blue

#5b91ab #6c9db4 #7da8bd #8eb3c5 #9fbfce #b0cad7 #c0d5df #d1e0e8 #e2ecf0 #f3f7f9

Colors that go with steel blue

Complementary#9d6950 Analogous#509d8f Analogous#505e9d Triadic#9d5084 Triadic#849d50 Split complementary#9d505e Split complementary#9d9050

Steel blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 49, 16, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #50849d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 16 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 19 4 44

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.

Steel blue in css

Copy #50849d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #50849d; }
.text { color: #50849d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #50849d; }

How steel blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Steel blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #50849d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #50849d against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Steel blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #50849d sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn steel blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #50849d 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 steel blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #50849d is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.