Blue

#4203ee

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

Blue falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #4203ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4203ee

RGB66, 3, 238

HSL256, 98%, 47%

HSV256, 99%, 93%

CMYK72%, 99%, 0%, 7%

Lab32.69, 75.71, -97.55

XYZ17.71, 7.4, 81.38

Decimal4326382

Web safe#3300ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3c03d9 #3602c4 #3102b0 #2b029b #250286 #1f0171 #1a015d #140148 #0e0133 #08001e

Tints of blue

#4e0efc #6027fc #7240fd #8559fd #9771fd #a98afe #bba3fe #cebcfe #e0d5fe #f2edff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#afee03 Analogous#0339ee Analogous#b803ee Triadic#ee4203 Triadic#03ee42 Split complementary#eeb803 Split complementary#39ee03

Blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 72, 99, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4203ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 99 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 95 4 13

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 #4203ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4203ee; }
.text { color: #4203ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4203ee; }

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 #4203ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4203ee 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 #4203ee 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 #4203ee 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

The figures for #4203ee 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.