Deep sky blue

#5bb3da

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

Deep sky blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep sky blue color values

Every conversion for #5bb3da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5bb3da

RGB91, 179, 218

HSL198, 63%, 61%

HSV198, 58%, 85%

CMYK58%, 18%, 0%, 15%

Lab69.13, -15.2, -27.64

XYZ33.09, 39.53, 72.22

Decimal6009818

Web safe#66cccc

Pantone298 C

Shades of deep sky blue

#44a8d5 #2f9ecf #2a8cb8 #247ba1 #1f6a8b #1a5874 #15475d #103646 #0b2430 #061319

Tints of deep sky blue

#6abadd #79c1e1 #88c8e4 #97cfe7 #a6d6eb #b5ddee #c4e3f2 #d3eaf5 #e1f1f8 #f0f8fc

Colors that go with deep sky blue

Complementary#da825b Analogous#5bdac2 Analogous#5b73da Triadic#da5bb3 Triadic#b3da5b Split complementary#da5b73 Split complementary#dac25b

Deep sky 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 58, 18, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5bb3da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 18 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 21 4 21

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 sky blue in css

Copy #5bb3da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5bb3da; }
.text { color: #5bb3da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5bb3da; }

How deep sky blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep sky blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5bb3da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5bb3da against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep sky blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5bb3da sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn deep sky blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5bb3da 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 sky blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #5bb3da is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.