Medium blue

#150acf

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

Medium blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #150acf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#150acf

RGB21, 10, 207

HSL243, 91%, 43%

HSV243, 95%, 81%

CMYK90%, 95%, 0%, 19%

Lab26.39, 65.85, -90.29

XYZ11.68, 4.88, 59.36

Decimal1379023

Web safe#0000cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#1309bd #1108ab #10079a #0e0788 #0c0676 #0a0564 #080453 #070341 #05022f #03011d

Tints of medium blue

#180be9 #281cf4 #4136f5 #5a50f7 #736bf8 #8b85f9 #a49ffa #bdb9fc #d6d4fd #efeefe

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#c4cf0a Analogous#0a62cf Analogous#770acf Triadic#cf150a Triadic#0acf15 Split complementary#cf770a Split complementary#62cf0a

Medium 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 90, 95, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #150acf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

90 95 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

87 91 4 25

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #150acf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #150acf; }
.text { color: #150acf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #150acf; }

How medium blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #150acf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #150acf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #150acf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium 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 medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #150acf 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 medium blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #150acf are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.