Medium blue

#202bb6

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

Medium blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. 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 #202bb6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#202bb6

RGB32, 43, 182

HSL236, 70%, 42%

HSV236, 82%, 71%

CMYK82%, 76%, 0%, 29%

Lab27.88, 46.15, -73.08

XYZ9.9, 5.41, 44.78

Decimal2108342

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#1d27a6 #1b2497 #182087 #151c78 #121968 #101558 #0d1149 #0a0e39 #070a2a #05061a

Tints of medium blue

#2431ce #333fdb #4a55df #626be3 #7a82e8 #9198ec #a9aef0 #c1c4f4 #d8dbf8 #f0f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#b6ab20 Analogous#2076b6 Analogous#6020b6 Triadic#b6202b Triadic#2bb620 Split complementary#b66020 Split complementary#76b620

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 82, 76, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #202bb6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 76 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 74 4 35

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 #202bb6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #202bb6; }
.text { color: #202bb6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #202bb6; }

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 #202bb6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #202bb6 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 #202bb6 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 #202bb6 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 #202bb6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.