Blue

#3a00ea

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

This is Blue, a vivid purple at 255 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #3a00ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3a00ea

RGB58, 0, 234

HSL255, 100%, 46%

HSV255, 100%, 92%

CMYK75%, 100%, 0%, 8%

Lab31.44, 74.98, -97.38

XYZ16.6, 6.84, 78.29

Decimal3801322

Web safe#3300ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3500d6 #3000c1 #2b00ad #260099 #210084 #1c0070 #17005c #120047 #0d0033 #08001f

Tints of blue

#4305ff #561fff #6a38ff #7d52ff #906cff #a486ff #b7a0ff #cbbaff #ded3ff #f2edff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b0ea00 Analogous#003bea Analogous#af00ea Triadic#ea3a00 Triadic#00ea3a Split complementary#eaaf00 Split complementary#3bea00

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 75, 100, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3a00ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 100 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 96 4 14

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 #3a00ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3a00ea; }
.text { color: #3a00ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3a00ea; }

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 #3a00ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3a00ea 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 #3a00ea 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 #3a00ea 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 #3a00ea 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.