Medium blue

#342cad

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 244 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 #342cad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#342cad

RGB52, 44, 173

HSL244, 59%, 43%

HSV244, 75%, 68%

CMYK70%, 75%, 0%, 32%

Lab28.24, 44.23, -67.06

XYZ9.86, 5.55, 40.09

Decimal3419309

Web safe#333399

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#30289e #2b248f #272180 #221d72 #1e1963 #191554 #151245 #100e36 #0c0a27 #070618

Tints of medium blue

#3b32c3 #4a41cf #5f57d4 #746dda #8983df #9e99e5 #b3afeb #c8c5f0 #dddbf6 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#a5ad2c Analogous#2c64ad Analogous#752cad Triadic#ad342c Triadic#2cad34 Split complementary#ad752c Split complementary#64ad2c

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 70, 75, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #342cad on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 75 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 73 4 38

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #342cad straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #342cad; }
.text { color: #342cad; }
.border { border: 2px solid #342cad; }

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 #342cad against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #342cad 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 #342cad 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 #342cad 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.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #342cad come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.