Medium blue

#201fbb

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 #201fbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#201fbb

RGB32, 31, 187

HSL240, 72%, 43%

HSV240, 83%, 73%

CMYK83%, 83%, 0%, 27%

Lab26.38, 53.82, -78.54

XYZ10.06, 4.87, 47.42

Decimal2105275

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#1d1cab #1a1a9b #18178b #15147b #12126b #0f0f5b #0d0c4a #0a0a3a #07072a #04041a

Tints of medium blue

#2423d3 #3534dd #4c4be1 #6363e5 #7b7ae9 #9292ed #aaa9f1 #c1c1f5 #d8d8f9 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#babb1f Analogous#1f6cbb Analogous#6e1fbb Triadic#bb201f Triadic#1fbb20 Split complementary#bb6e1f Split complementary#6cbb1f

Medium blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 83, 83, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #201fbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 83 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 80 4 33

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #201fbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #201fbb; }
.text { color: #201fbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #201fbb; }

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 #201fbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #201fbb 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 #201fbb 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 #201fbb 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 #201fbb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.