Blue

#3c30e8

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

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.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #3c30e8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3c30e8

RGB60, 48, 232

HSL244, 80%, 55%

HSV244, 79%, 91%

CMYK74%, 79%, 0%, 9%

Lab35.79, 61.13, -89.0

XYZ17.49, 8.9, 77.14

Decimal3944680

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#271ae6 #2317cf #1f15b9 #1b12a2 #18108c #140d75 #100b5f #0c0848 #080632 #05031c

Tints of blue

#4e43ea #6056ec #7269ee #847cf0 #968ff3 #a8a3f5 #bab6f7 #ccc9f9 #dedcfb #f0effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#dce830 Analogous#3080e8 Analogous#9830e8 Triadic#e83c30 Triadic#30e83c Split complementary#e89830 Split complementary#80e830

Blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 74, 79, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3c30e8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 79 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 77 4 15

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.

Blue in css

Copy #3c30e8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3c30e8; }
.text { color: #3c30e8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3c30e8; }

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 #3c30e8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3c30e8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3c30e8 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3c30e8 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

Every value on this page for #3c30e8 is computed, not guessed. 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.