Medium blue

#3421ce

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

Medium blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #3421ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3421ce

RGB52, 33, 206

HSL247, 72%, 47%

HSV247, 84%, 81%

CMYK75%, 84%, 0%, 19%

Lab30.09, 59.6, -83.5

XYZ13.1, 6.27, 58.91

Decimal3416526

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#2f1ebc #2b1baa #261898 #221586 #1d1374 #191062 #140d50 #100a3e #0b072c #07041a

Tints of medium blue

#3f2bdd #5341e1 #6657e4 #7a6de8 #8e83eb #a298ef #b6aef2 #c9c4f6 #dddaf9 #f1f0fd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#bbce21 Analogous#2164ce Analogous#8a21ce Triadic#ce3421 Triadic#21ce34 Split complementary#ce8a21 Split complementary#64ce21

Medium 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 75, 84, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3421ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 84 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 81 4 25

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

Medium blue in css

Copy #3421ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3421ce; }
.text { color: #3421ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3421ce; }

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 #3421ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3421ce 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 #3421ce 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 #3421ce 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 #3421ce are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.