Blue

#2e2eda

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #2e2eda, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e2eda

RGB46, 46, 218

HSL240, 70%, 52%

HSV240, 79%, 85%

CMYK79%, 79%, 0%, 15%

Lab33.13, 56.98, -85.42

XYZ14.76, 7.6, 67.02

Decimal3026650

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#2424cc #2121b9 #1d1da5 #1a1a91 #16167d #131369 #0f0f55 #0c0c42 #08082e #05051a

Tints of blue

#4141dd #5555e1 #6868e4 #7c7ce8 #8f8feb #a2a2ef #b6b6f2 #c9c9f5 #dcdcf9 #f0f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#dada2e Analogous#2e84da Analogous#842eda Triadic#da2e2e Triadic#2eda2e Split complementary#da842e Split complementary#84da2e

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, 79, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e2eda on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 79 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 77 4 21

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.

Blue in css

Copy #2e2eda straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e2eda; }
.text { color: #2e2eda; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e2eda; }

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 #2e2eda against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e2eda 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 #2e2eda 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 #2e2eda 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 #2e2eda 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.