Blue

#002aec

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

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.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #002aec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#002aec

RGB0, 42, 236

HSL229, 100%, 46%

HSV229, 100%, 93%

CMYK100%, 82%, 0%, 7%

Lab33.38, 63.07, -95.34

XYZ15.97, 7.71, 80.0

Decimal10988

Web safe#0033ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#0026d7 #0023c3 #001fae #001b9a #001885 #001471 #00105c #000d48 #000933 #00051f

Tints of blue

#0733ff #2048ff #3a5dff #5372ff #6d87ff #879cff #a0b1ff #bac6ff #d4dbff #edf0ff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#ecc200 Analogous#00a0ec Analogous#4c00ec Triadic#ec002a Triadic#2aec00 Split complementary#ec4c00 Split complementary#a0ec00

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 100, 82, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #002aec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 82 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 79 4 13

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #002aec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #002aec; }
.text { color: #002aec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #002aec; }

How blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #002aec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #002aec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #002aec sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #002aec 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 blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #002aec come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.