Blue

#050eff

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

Blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. 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 #050eff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#050eff

RGB5, 14, 255

HSL238, 100%, 51%

HSV238, 98%, 100%

CMYK98%, 95%, 0%, 0%

Lab33.06, 77.08, -106.59

XYZ18.27, 7.57, 95.11

Decimal331519

Web safe#0000ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#0009ed #0008d6 #0007bf #0006a8 #000591 #00047a #000463 #00034c #000236 #00011f

Tints of blue

#1c24ff #333bff #4b51ff #6268ff #797eff #9094ff #a8abff #bfc1ff #d6d7ff #edeeff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#fff605 Analogous#058bff Analogous#7905ff Triadic#ff050e Triadic#0eff05 Split complementary#ff7905 Split complementary#8bff05

Blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 98, 95, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #050eff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 95 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 91 4 6

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 #050eff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #050eff; }
.text { color: #050eff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #050eff; }

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 #050eff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #050eff 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 #050eff 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 #050eff 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 #050eff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.