Medium blue

#161ace

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

Medium 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #161ace, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#161ace

RGB22, 26, 206

HSL239, 81%, 45%

HSV239, 89%, 81%

CMYK89%, 87%, 0%, 19%

Lab27.75, 61.13, -87.44

XYZ11.84, 5.37, 58.8

Decimal1448654

Web safe#0033cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#1418bc #1215aa #101398 #0e1187 #0c0f75 #0b0c63 #090a51 #07083f #05062d #03031c

Tints of medium blue

#191de6 #3034e9 #484beb #6063ee #787af1 #8f92f3 #a7a9f6 #bfc0f8 #d7d8fb #efeffd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#ceca16 Analogous#1676ce Analogous#6e16ce Triadic#ce161a Triadic#1ace16 Split complementary#ce6e16 Split complementary#76ce16

Medium 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 89, 87, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #161ace on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

89 87 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

86 84 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 #161ace straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #161ace; }
.text { color: #161ace; }
.border { border: 2px solid #161ace; }

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 #161ace against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #161ace 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 #161ace 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 #161ace 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #161ace is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.