Dark blue

#260187

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

Dark blue is a deep purple with a rich cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Dark blue color values

Every conversion for #260187, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#260187

RGB38, 1, 135

HSL257, 99%, 27%

HSV257, 99%, 53%

CMYK72%, 99%, 0%, 47%

Lab16.42, 49.87, -63.34

XYZ5.18, 2.18, 23.07

Decimal2490759

Web safe#330099

Pantone2738 C

Shades of dark blue

#200172 #1d0168 #1a015d #170153 #140148 #11003e #0e0033 #0b0029 #09001e

Tints of dark blue

#3001aa #3a02ce #4402f1 #5819fd #723dfe #8b60fe #a583fe #bfa7fe #d8caff #f2edff

Colors that go with dark blue

Complementary#628701 Analogous#011f87 Analogous#690187 Triadic#872601 Triadic#018726 Split complementary#876901 Split complementary#1f8701

Dark 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 72, 99, 0, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #260187 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 99 0 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 95 4 53

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.

Dark blue in css

Copy #260187 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #260187; }
.text { color: #260187; }
.border { border: 2px solid #260187; }

How dark blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #260187 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #260187 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #260187 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #260187 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 dark blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #260187 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.