Blue

#150dfd

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Blue color values

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

Hex#150dfd

RGB21, 13, 253

HSL242, 98%, 52%

HSV242, 95%, 99%

CMYK92%, 95%, 0%, 1%

Lab33.0, 76.88, -105.56

XYZ18.18, 7.54, 93.43

Decimal1379837

Web safe#0000ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#0a02f0 #0902d9 #0802c2 #0701aa #060193 #05017c #040164 #03014d #020036 #01001e

Tints of blue

#2b23fd #403afd #5650fe #6c67fe #817dfe #9794fe #adaafe #c3c0fe #d8d7ff #eeedff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#f5fd0d Analogous#0d7dfd Analogous#8d0dfd Triadic#fd150d Triadic#0dfd15 Split complementary#fd8d0d Split complementary#7dfd0d

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 92, 95, 0, 1.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

92 95 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

89 91 4 7

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 #150dfd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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 #150dfd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #150dfd 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 #150dfd 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 #150dfd 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 #150dfd 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. 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.