Blue

#4031df

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

This is Blue, a strong blue at 245 degrees. 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 #4031df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4031df

RGB64, 49, 223

HSL245, 73%, 53%

HSV245, 78%, 87%

CMYK71%, 78%, 0%, 13%

Lab35.23, 58.28, -84.78

XYZ16.53, 8.61, 70.6

Decimal4207071

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3121d7 #2c1ec2 #271bad #231898 #1e1483 #19116e #140e59 #100b44 #0b072f #06041a

Tints of blue

#5244e2 #6357e5 #756ae8 #877deb #9890ee #aaa3f1 #bcb6f4 #cdc9f7 #dfdcfa #f1f0fd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#d0df31 Analogous#3179df Analogous#9731df Triadic#df4031 Triadic#31df40 Split complementary#df9731 Split complementary#79df31

Blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 71, 78, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4031df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 78 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 76 4 19

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 #4031df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4031df; }
.text { color: #4031df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4031df; }

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 #4031df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4031df 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 #4031df 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 #4031df 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

Here is how the numbers for #4031df are worked out. 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.