Blue

#320fee

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

Blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. 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 #320fee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#320fee

RGB50, 15, 238

HSL249, 88%, 50%

HSV249, 94%, 93%

CMYK79%, 94%, 0%, 7%

Lab32.24, 73.32, -98.33

XYZ16.92, 7.19, 81.39

Decimal3280878

Web safe#3300ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#2e0ed9 #290cc4 #250baf #200a9a #1c0885 #180770 #13065c #0f0447 #0a0332 #06021d

Tints of blue

#4424f1 #573af3 #6a51f4 #7e67f5 #917ef7 #a494f8 #b7abfa #cac1fb #ddd8fd #f1eefe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#cbee0f Analogous#0f5bee Analogous#a20fee Triadic#ee320f Triadic#0fee32 Split complementary#eea20f Split complementary#5bee0f

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 79, 94, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #320fee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 94 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 90 4 13

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.

Blue in css

Copy #320fee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #320fee; }
.text { color: #320fee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #320fee; }

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 #320fee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #320fee 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 #320fee 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 #320fee 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

The figures for #320fee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.