Blue

#413dcf

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

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.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #413dcf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#413dcf

RGB65, 61, 207

HSL242, 60%, 53%

HSV242, 71%, 81%

CMYK69%, 71%, 0%, 19%

Lab35.92, 47.08, -74.42

XYZ15.11, 8.97, 59.97

Decimal4275663

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2728 C

Shades of blue

#3430c4 #2f2cb1 #2a279e #25228b #201e78 #1b1965 #161452 #110f3f #0c0b2c #070619

Tints of blue

#534fd3 #6461d8 #7673dc #8785e1 #9997e5 #aba9ea #bcbbee #cecdf3 #dfdff7 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#cbcf3d Analogous#3d82cf Analogous#8a3dcf Triadic#cf413d Triadic#3dcf41 Split complementary#cf8a3d Split complementary#82cf3d

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 69, 71, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #413dcf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 71 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 69 4 25

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.

Blue in css

Copy #413dcf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #413dcf; }
.text { color: #413dcf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #413dcf; }

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 #413dcf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #413dcf 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 #413dcf 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 #413dcf 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 #413dcf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.