Medium blue

#182fba

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #182fba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#182fba

RGB24, 47, 186

HSL231, 77%, 41%

HSV231, 87%, 73%

CMYK87%, 75%, 0%, 27%

Lab28.83, 44.8, -73.89

XYZ10.26, 5.77, 47.03

Decimal1585082

Web safe#0033cc

Pantone286 C

Shades of medium blue

#162baa #14279a #12238a #101f7a #0e1b6b #0c175b #0a134b #080f3b #060b2b #03071b

Tints of medium blue

#1b35d3 #2742e3 #4058e6 #596eea #7284ed #8b9af0 #a4aff3 #bdc5f7 #d6dbfa #eff1fd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#baa318 Analogous#1880ba Analogous#5218ba Triadic#ba182f Triadic#2fba18 Split complementary#ba5218 Split complementary#80ba18

Medium blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 87, 75, 0, 27.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

87 75 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

84 73 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 #182fba straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Here is how the numbers for #182fba 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.