Dodger blue

#4197d6

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

This is Dodger blue, a strong blue at 205 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.

Dodger blue color values

Every conversion for #4197d6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4197d6

RGB65, 151, 214

HSL205, 65%, 55%

HSV205, 70%, 84%

CMYK70%, 29%, 0%, 16%

Lab59.99, -5.55, -39.69

XYZ25.38, 28.11, 67.71

Decimal4298710

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone2925 C

Shades of dodger blue

#2d8cd1 #297ebd #2470a8 #206394 #1b557f #17476b #133a56 #0e2c42 #0a1e2e #051119

Tints of dodger blue

#53a1da #64aade #76b4e1 #87bde5 #99c7e9 #aad1ed #bcdaf0 #cde4f4 #dfedf8 #f0f7fc

Colors that go with dodger blue

Complementary#d68041 Analogous#41d6cb Analogous#414cd6 Triadic#d64197 Triadic#97d641 Split complementary#d6414c Split complementary#d6cb41

Dodger 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 70, 29, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4197d6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 29 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 31 4 22

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.

Dodger blue in css

Copy #4197d6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4197d6; }
.text { color: #4197d6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4197d6; }

How dodger blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dodger blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4197d6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4197d6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dodger blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4197d6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dodger 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 dodger blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4197d6 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 dodger blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4197d6 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.