Blue

#450ed9

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 #450ed9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#450ed9

RGB69, 14, 217

HSL256, 88%, 45%

HSV256, 94%, 85%

CMYK68%, 94%, 0%, 15%

Lab30.85, 69.06, -88.58

XYZ15.14, 6.59, 66.12

Decimal4525785

Web safe#3300cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3f0dc6 #390cb3 #330aa1 #2d098e #27087b #210768 #1b0555 #150442 #0f0330 #09021d

Tints of blue

#4e11f0 #602af1 #7243f3 #855bf4 #9774f6 #a98cf8 #bca5f9 #cebdfb #e0d6fc #f2eefe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#a2d90e Analogous#0e3cd9 Analogous#ab0ed9 Triadic#d9450e Triadic#0ed945 Split complementary#d9ab0e Split complementary#3cd90e

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 68, 94, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #450ed9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 94 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 90 4 21

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 #450ed9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #450ed9; }
.text { color: #450ed9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #450ed9; }

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 #450ed9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #450ed9 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 #450ed9 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 #450ed9 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

Every value on this page for #450ed9 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.