Medium blue

#282bb3

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

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #282bb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#282bb3

RGB40, 43, 179

HSL239, 63%, 43%

HSV239, 78%, 70%

CMYK78%, 76%, 0%, 30%

Lab27.94, 45.68, -71.18

XYZ9.88, 5.43, 43.18

Decimal2632627

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#2527a4 #212494 #1e2085 #1a1c75 #171966 #131557 #101147 #0c0d38 #090a28 #060619

Tints of medium blue

#2d30c9 #3e41d4 #5457d9 #6a6dde #8183e3 #9799e8 #adafed #c4c5f2 #dadbf7 #f0f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#b3b028 Analogous#2871b3 Analogous#6a28b3 Triadic#b3282b Triadic#2bb328 Split complementary#b36b28 Split complementary#71b328

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 78, 76, 0, 30.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #282bb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

78 76 0 30

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

76 74 4 36

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 #282bb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #282bb3; }
.text { color: #282bb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #282bb3; }

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 #282bb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #282bb3 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 #282bb3 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 #282bb3 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #282bb3 are worked out. 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.