Medium blue

#2a22cd

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

Medium 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #2a22cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2a22cd

RGB42, 34, 205

HSL243, 72%, 47%

HSV243, 83%, 80%

CMYK80%, 83%, 0%, 20%

Lab29.52, 58.36, -83.88

XYZ12.55, 6.04, 58.26

Decimal2761421

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#261fbb #231ca9 #1f1997 #1b1685 #181374 #141062 #100d50 #0d0a3e #09072c #05041a

Tints of medium blue

#342cdc #4942e0 #5e58e3 #736de7 #8883ea #9d99ee #b2aff2 #c7c4f5 #dbdaf9 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#c5cd22 Analogous#2270cd Analogous#7f22cd Triadic#cd2a22 Triadic#22cd2a Split complementary#cd7f22 Split complementary#70cd22

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 80, 83, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2a22cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 83 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 80 4 26

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #2a22cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2a22cd; }
.text { color: #2a22cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2a22cd; }

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 #2a22cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2a22cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2a22cd 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2a22cd 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

Every value on this page for #2a22cd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.