Medium blue

#4128bd

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 #4128bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4128bd

RGB65, 40, 189

HSL250, 65%, 45%

HSV250, 79%, 74%

CMYK66%, 79%, 0%, 26%

Lab30.19, 52.58, -73.33

XYZ12.12, 6.32, 48.72

Decimal4270269

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#3b25ad #36219c #301e8c #2a1a7c #25176b #1f135b #1a104a #140c3a #0e092a #090519

Tints of medium blue

#492dd3 #5b43d7 #6e58dc #816ee0 #9484e5 #a799e9 #baafee #cdc5f3 #dfdbf7 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#a4bd28 Analogous#2859bd Analogous#8b28bd Triadic#bd4128 Triadic#28bd41 Split complementary#bd8c28 Split complementary#5abd28

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 66, 79, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4128bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 79 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 77 4 32

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 #4128bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4128bd; }
.text { color: #4128bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4128bd; }

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 #4128bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4128bd 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 #4128bd 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 #4128bd 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 #4128bd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.