Medium blue

#3e2eba

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

Medium blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. 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 #3e2eba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3e2eba

RGB62, 46, 186

HSL247, 60%, 45%

HSV247, 75%, 73%

CMYK67%, 75%, 0%, 27%

Lab30.7, 48.34, -70.74

XYZ11.83, 6.52, 47.09

Decimal4075194

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#392aaa #33269a #2e228a #281e79 #231a69 #1e1659 #181249 #130e39 #0e0a29 #080619

Tints of medium blue

#4635cd #594ad2 #6c5fd7 #8074dd #9388e2 #a69de7 #b9b2ec #ccc7f1 #dfdcf6 #f2f1fb

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#aaba2e Analogous#2e64ba Analogous#842eba Triadic#ba3e2e Triadic#2eba3e Split complementary#ba842e Split complementary#64ba2e

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 67, 75, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3e2eba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 75 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 73 4 33

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #3e2eba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3e2eba; }
.text { color: #3e2eba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3e2eba; }

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 #3e2eba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3e2eba against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3e2eba 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3e2eba 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 #3e2eba 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.