Blue

#033dcb

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

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

Blue color values

Every conversion for #033dcb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#033dcb

RGB3, 61, 203

HSL223, 97%, 40%

HSV223, 99%, 80%

CMYK99%, 70%, 0%, 20%

Lab33.28, 41.75, -76.52

XYZ12.49, 7.67, 57.32

Decimal212427

Web safe#0033cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of blue

#0338ba #0233a8 #022d97 #022886 #022375 #011e63 #011952 #011341 #010e2f #00091e

Tints of blue

#0345e7 #0c51fb #2865fc #447afc #608efd #7da2fd #99b6fd #b5cafe #d1defe #edf2ff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#cb9103 Analogous#03a1cb Analogous#2d03cb Triadic#cb033d Triadic#3dcb03 Split complementary#cb2d03 Split complementary#a1cb03

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, 70, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #033dcb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

99 70 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

95 68 4 26

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 #033dcb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #033dcb; }
.text { color: #033dcb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #033dcb; }

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 #033dcb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #033dcb 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 #033dcb 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 #033dcb 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 #033dcb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.