Medium blue

#3b24cb

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

Medium blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #3b24cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b24cb

RGB59, 36, 203

HSL248, 70%, 47%

HSV248, 82%, 80%

CMYK71%, 82%, 0%, 20%

Lab30.65, 57.95, -80.82

XYZ13.21, 6.5, 57.06

Decimal3876043

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#3621b9 #311ea8 #2c1b96 #261784 #211472 #1c1161 #170e4f #120b3d #0d082c #08051a

Tints of medium blue

#462eda #5944de #6c59e2 #7f6fe5 #9284e9 #a59aed #b8aff1 #cbc5f5 #dedaf8 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#b4cb24 Analogous#2461cb Analogous#8e24cb Triadic#cb3b24 Triadic#24cb3b Split complementary#cb8e24 Split complementary#61cb24

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 71, 82, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b24cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 82 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 79 4 26

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 #3b24cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b24cb; }
.text { color: #3b24cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b24cb; }

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 #3b24cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b24cb 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 #3b24cb 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 #3b24cb 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 #3b24cb 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.