Dodger blue

#3b9cea

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

Dodger blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dodger blue color values

Every conversion for #3b9cea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b9cea

RGB59, 156, 234

HSL207, 81%, 57%

HSV207, 75%, 92%

CMYK75%, 33%, 0%, 8%

Lab62.21, -2.28, -47.31

XYZ28.54, 30.65, 82.25

Decimal3906794

Web safe#3399ff

Pantone2925 C

Shades of dodger blue

#2390e7 #1783d9 #1575c2 #1266aa #105892 #0d4a7a #0b3b63 #082d4b #061f33 #03111c

Tints of dodger blue

#4da5ec #5faeee #71b7f0 #83c0f2 #95c9f4 #a7d3f6 #b9dcf7 #cbe5f9 #ddeefb #eff7fd

Colors that go with dodger blue

Complementary#ea893b Analogous#3beae0 Analogous#3b45ea Triadic#ea3b9c Triadic#9cea3b Split complementary#ea3b45 Split complementary#eae03b

Dodger blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 75, 33, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b9cea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 33 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 34 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.

Dodger blue in css

Copy #3b9cea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b9cea; }
.text { color: #3b9cea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b9cea; }

How dodger blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dodger blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #3b9cea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b9cea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dodger blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3b9cea sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dodger 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 dodger blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3b9cea 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 dodger blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #3b9cea is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.