Blue

#261deb

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #261deb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#261deb

RGB38, 29, 235

HSL243, 84%, 52%

HSV243, 88%, 92%

CMYK84%, 88%, 0%, 8%

Lab32.46, 68.56, -96.28

XYZ16.23, 7.29, 79.15

Decimal2498027

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#1c14dd #1a12c8 #1710b2 #140e9d #110c87 #0f0a72 #0c085c #090647 #060432 #04021c

Tints of blue

#3a32ed #4e47ef #625cf1 #7771f2 #8b86f4 #9f9bf6 #b3b0f8 #c7c5fa #dbdafc #efeffe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#e2eb1d Analogous#1d7beb Analogous#8d1deb Triadic#eb261d Triadic#1deb26 Split complementary#eb8d1d Split complementary#7beb1d

Blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 84, 88, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #261deb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 88 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 85 4 14

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.

Blue in css

Copy #261deb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #261deb; }
.text { color: #261deb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #261deb; }

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 #261deb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #261deb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #261deb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #261deb 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

The figures for #261deb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.