Blue

#281ce6

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

This is Blue, a vivid blue at 244 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #281ce6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#281ce6

RGB40, 28, 230

HSL244, 80%, 51%

HSV244, 88%, 90%

CMYK83%, 88%, 0%, 10%

Lab31.8, 67.59, -94.53

XYZ15.57, 6.99, 75.39

Decimal2628838

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#2317d4 #1f15bf #1c13ab #191196 #150e82 #120c6e #0f0a59 #0b0845 #080530 #04031c

Tints of blue

#3c31e8 #5046eb #645bed #7870ef #8c85f2 #a09bf4 #b4b0f6 #c8c5f9 #dcdafb #f0effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#dae61c Analogous#1c75e6 Analogous#8d1ce6 Triadic#e6281c Triadic#1ce628 Split complementary#e68d1c Split complementary#75e61c

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 83, 88, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #281ce6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 88 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 85 4 16

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 #281ce6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #281ce6; }
.text { color: #281ce6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #281ce6; }

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 #281ce6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #281ce6 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 #281ce6 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 #281ce6 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

Here is how the numbers for #281ce6 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.