Medium blue

#3221bc

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

Medium blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #3221bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3221bc

RGB50, 33, 188

HSL247, 70%, 43%

HSV247, 82%, 74%

CMYK73%, 82%, 0%, 26%

Lab27.84, 54.24, -76.68

XYZ10.94, 5.4, 48.04

Decimal3285436

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#2e1eac #291b9c #25188b #21167b #1c136b #18105b #140d4b #100a3a #0b072a #07051a

Tints of medium blue

#3825d3 #4937dc #5e4ee0 #7365e4 #887ce8 #9d94ec #b2abf0 #c7c2f4 #dcd9f8 #f1f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#abbc21 Analogous#215ebc Analogous#7f21bc Triadic#bc3221 Triadic#21bc32 Split complementary#bc7f21 Split complementary#5ebc21

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 73, 82, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3221bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 82 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 79 4 32

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #3221bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3221bc; }
.text { color: #3221bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3221bc; }

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 #3221bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3221bc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3221bc 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3221bc 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 #3221bc 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.