Medium blue

#182db9

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, deep and strong. 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 #182db9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#182db9

RGB24, 45, 185

HSL232, 77%, 41%

HSV232, 87%, 73%

CMYK87%, 76%, 0%, 27%

Lab28.31, 45.61, -74.15

XYZ10.07, 5.57, 46.44

Decimal1584569

Web safe#0033cc

Pantone286 C

Shades of medium blue

#1629a9 #142599 #12218a #101e7a #0e1a6a #0c165a #0a124a #080e3b #060a2b #04071b

Tints of medium blue

#1b33d2 #273fe3 #4055e6 #596ce9 #7282ed #8b98f0 #a4aef3 #bdc5f6 #d6dbfa #eff1fd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#b9a418 Analogous#187eb9 Analogous#5418b9 Triadic#b9182d Triadic#2db918 Split complementary#b95318 Split complementary#7eb918

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 87, 76, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #182db9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

87 76 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

84 74 4 33

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 #182db9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #182db9; }
.text { color: #182db9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #182db9; }

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 #182db9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #182db9 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 #182db9 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 #182db9 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

The figures for #182db9 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. 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.