Dodger blue

#428edd

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 211 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dodger blue color values

Every conversion for #428edd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#428edd

RGB66, 142, 221

HSL211, 70%, 56%

HSV211, 70%, 87%

CMYK70%, 36%, 0%, 13%

Lab57.77, 2.24, -47.09

XYZ24.97, 25.72, 72.06

Decimal4361949

Web safe#3399cc

Pantone2925 C

Shades of dodger blue

#2c81d9 #2474c8 #2068b2 #1c5b9c #184e87 #144271 #10355b #0c2845 #091c30 #050f1a

Tints of dodger blue

#5398e0 #65a3e3 #76ade6 #88b8ea #99c2ed #aaccf0 #bcd7f3 #cde1f6 #deecf9 #f0f6fc

Colors that go with dodger blue

Complementary#dd9142 Analogous#42dbdd Analogous#4442dd Triadic#dd428e Triadic#8edd42 Split complementary#dd4442 Split complementary#dbdd42

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, 36, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #428edd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 36 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 37 4 19

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 #428edd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #428edd; }
.text { color: #428edd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #428edd; }

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 #428edd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #428edd 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 #428edd 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 #428edd 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

Here is how the numbers for #428edd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.