Medium blue

#2721be

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 #2721be, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2721be

RGB39, 33, 190

HSL242, 70%, 44%

HSV242, 83%, 75%

CMYK79%, 83%, 0%, 25%

Lab27.4, 54.17, -78.61

XYZ10.67, 5.24, 49.16

Decimal2564542

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#241eae #201b9d #1d188d #1a167c #16136c #13105c #0f0d4b #0c0a3b #09072a #05051a

Tints of medium blue

#2c25d5 #3f38dc #554fe0 #6b66e4 #817de8 #9794ec #aeabf0 #c4c2f4 #dad9f8 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#b8be21 Analogous#2169be Analogous#7621be Triadic#be2721 Triadic#21be27 Split complementary#be7621 Split complementary#69be21

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 79, 83, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2721be on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 83 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 80 4 31

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

Medium blue in css

Copy #2721be straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2721be; }
.text { color: #2721be; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2721be; }

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 #2721be against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2721be against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2721be 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2721be 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 #2721be 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.