Blue

#282fed

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 238 degrees. 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 #282fed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#282fed

RGB40, 47, 237

HSL238, 85%, 54%

HSV238, 83%, 93%

CMYK83%, 80%, 0%, 7%

Lab35.2, 62.0, -92.85

XYZ17.18, 8.6, 80.88

Decimal2633709

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#131be9 #1218d2 #1016bb #0e13a5 #0c118e #0a0e77 #080b60 #06094a #040633 #02031c

Tints of blue

#3c42ef #5055f0 #6469f2 #777cf4 #8b8ff5 #9fa2f7 #b3b5f9 #c7c9fa #dbdcfc #efeffe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#ede628 Analogous#2892ed Analogous#8328ed Triadic#ed282f Triadic#2fed28 Split complementary#ed8428 Split complementary#92ed28

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, 80, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 80 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 78 4 13

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 #282fed straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #282fed 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 #282fed 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 #282fed 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 #282fed 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.