Medium blue

#302dca

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

This is Medium blue, a strong blue at 241 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #302dca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#302dca

RGB48, 45, 202

HSL241, 64%, 48%

HSV241, 78%, 79%

CMYK76%, 78%, 0%, 21%

Lab31.28, 52.63, -79.21

XYZ12.82, 6.77, 56.51

Decimal3157450

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#2c29b8 #2825a7 #232195 #1f1d83 #1b1972 #171560 #13114e #0e0d3c #0a0a2b #060619

Tints of medium blue

#3f3cd4 #5350d8 #6664dc #7a78e1 #8e8ce5 #a2a0ea #b5b4ee #c9c8f3 #dddcf7 #f1f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#c7ca2d Analogous#2d79ca Analogous#7e2dca Triadic#ca302d Triadic#2dca30 Split complementary#ca7e2d Split complementary#79ca2d

Medium 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 76, 78, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #302dca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

76 78 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

74 76 4 27

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 #302dca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #302dca; }
.text { color: #302dca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #302dca; }

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 #302dca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #302dca 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 #302dca 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 #302dca 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 #302dca is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.