Medium blue

#331cba

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 249 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #331cba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#331cba

RGB51, 28, 186

HSL249, 74%, 42%

HSV249, 85%, 73%

CMYK73%, 85%, 0%, 27%

Lab26.96, 55.83, -76.95

XYZ10.64, 5.08, 46.87

Decimal3349690

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#2f1aaa #2a179a #26158a #22127a #1d106a #190e5a #140b4a #10093a #0c062b #07041b

Tints of medium blue

#3a20d2 #482ee0 #5d46e3 #725ee7 #8777ea #9d8fee #b2a7f2 #c7bff5 #dcd7f9 #f1effd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#a3ba1c Analogous#1c54ba Analogous#821cba Triadic#ba331c Triadic#1cba33 Split complementary#ba821c Split complementary#54ba1c

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 73, 85, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #331cba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 85 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 82 4 33

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 #331cba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #331cba; }
.text { color: #331cba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #331cba; }

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 #331cba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #331cba 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 #331cba 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 #331cba 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

The figures for #331cba 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 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.