Blue

#0242e0

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

Blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #0242e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0242e0

RGB2, 66, 224

HSL223, 98%, 44%

HSV223, 99%, 88%

CMYK99%, 71%, 0%, 12%

Lab36.54, 46.29, -83.25

XYZ15.43, 9.29, 71.5

Decimal148192

Web safe#0033cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of blue

#023ccd #0237b9 #0131a6 #012b93 #01257f #01206c #011a58 #011445 #000f32 #00091e

Tints of blue

#024afa #1a5cfd #356efd #4f81fd #6994fe #84a7fe #9ebafe #b9cdfe #d3e0ff #edf2ff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#e0a002 Analogous#02b1e0 Analogous#3102e0 Triadic#e00242 Triadic#42e002 Split complementary#e03102 Split complementary#b1e002

Blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 99, 71, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0242e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

99 71 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

95 69 4 18

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 #0242e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0242e0; }
.text { color: #0242e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0242e0; }

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 #0242e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0242e0 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 #0242e0 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 #0242e0 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

Every value on this page for #0242e0 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.