Medium blue

#3105ac

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

Medium blue falls in the purple range, deep and vivid. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #3105ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3105ac

RGB49, 5, 172

HSL256, 94%, 35%

HSV256, 97%, 67%

CMYK72%, 97%, 0%, 33%

Lab22.79, 58.7, -75.5

XYZ8.77, 3.74, 39.29

Decimal3212716

Web safe#330099

Pantone2738 C

Shades of medium blue

#2d059e #290490 #250481 #210373 #1d0365 #190357 #150248 #11023a #0d012c #08011e

Tints of medium blue

#3a06cb #4207e9 #5317f8 #6936f9 #8055fa #9773fb #ae92fc #c5b0fd #dbcffe #f2eefe

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#80ac05 Analogous#052dac Analogous#8405ac Triadic#ac3105 Triadic#05ac31 Split complementary#ac8505 Split complementary#2dac05

Medium 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 72, 97, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3105ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 97 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 93 4 39

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #3105ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3105ac; }
.text { color: #3105ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3105ac; }

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 #3105ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3105ac 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 #3105ac 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 #3105ac 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

Here is how the numbers for #3105ac are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.