Blue

#460afa

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 #460afa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#460afa

RGB70, 10, 250

HSL255, 96%, 51%

HSV255, 96%, 98%

CMYK72%, 96%, 0%, 2%

Lab34.85, 77.69, -100.74

XYZ19.89, 8.42, 91.02

Decimal4590330

Web safe#3300ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3e05e8 #3804d2 #3204bb #2c03a5 #26038e #200278 #1a0261 #14024b #0e0134 #08011e

Tints of blue

#5721fa #6838fb #7a4efb #8b65fc #9c7cfc #ad93fd #bea9fd #cfc0fe #e1d7fe #f2eeff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#befa0a Analogous#0a46fa Analogous#be0afa Triadic#fa460a Triadic#0afa46 Split complementary#fabe0a Split complementary#46fa0a

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, 96, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #460afa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 96 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 92 4 8

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 #460afa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #460afa; }
.text { color: #460afa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #460afa; }

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 #460afa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #460afa 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 #460afa 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 #460afa 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 #460afa is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.