Blue

#3042cf

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 grounded. 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 #3042cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3042cf

RGB48, 66, 207

HSL233, 62%, 50%

HSV233, 77%, 81%

CMYK77%, 68%, 0%, 19%

Lab36.04, 42.41, -74.25

XYZ14.43, 9.03, 60.01

Decimal3162831

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of blue

#2c3cbd #2836ab #233198 #1f2b86 #1b2574 #171f62 #12194f #0e143d #0a0e2b #060819

Tints of blue

#4354d3 #5765d8 #6a77dc #7d88e1 #909ae5 #a4abea #b7bdee #cacff3 #dde0f7 #f1f2fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#cfbd30 Analogous#3092cf Analogous#6d30cf Triadic#cf3042 Triadic#42cf30 Split complementary#cf6d30 Split complementary#92cf30

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 77, 68, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3042cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 68 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 67 4 25

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 #3042cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3042cf; }
.text { color: #3042cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3042cf; }

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 #3042cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3042cf 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 #3042cf 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 #3042cf 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 #3042cf are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.