Blue

#1a3ee6

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #1a3ee6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1a3ee6

RGB26, 62, 230

HSL229, 80%, 50%

HSV229, 89%, 90%

CMYK89%, 73%, 0%, 10%

Lab36.7, 51.37, -86.4

XYZ16.43, 9.38, 75.81

Decimal1720038

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2728 C

Shades of blue

#1738d2 #1533be #132daa #102896 #0e2281 #0c1d6d #0a1859 #071244 #050d30 #03071c

Tints of blue

#2f50e8 #4562eb #5a74ed #6f86ef #8498f2 #9aaaf4 #afbcf6 #c4cef9 #dadffb #eff1fd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#e6c21a Analogous#1aa4e6 Analogous#5c1ae6 Triadic#e61a3e Triadic#3ee61a Split complementary#e65c1a Split complementary#a4e61a

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, 73, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1a3ee6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

89 73 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

86 71 4 16

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #1a3ee6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1a3ee6; }
.text { color: #1a3ee6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1a3ee6; }

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 #1a3ee6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1a3ee6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #1a3ee6 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #1a3ee6 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

Here is how the numbers for #1a3ee6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.