Medium blue

#461ca8

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

Medium blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #461ca8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#461ca8

RGB70, 28, 168

HSL258, 71%, 38%

HSV258, 83%, 66%

CMYK58%, 83%, 0%, 34%

Lab26.62, 52.41, -66.68

XYZ10.01, 4.96, 37.48

Decimal4594856

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of medium blue

#401a9a #3a178c #34157d #2e136f #281061 #230e53 #1d0b45 #170937 #110728 #0b041a

Tints of medium blue

#5120c1 #5b25db #6e3edf #8157e3 #9471e7 #a78aec #baa4f0 #cdbdf4 #e0d6f8 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#7ea81c Analogous#1c38a8 Analogous#8c1ca8 Triadic#a8461c Triadic#1ca846 Split complementary#a88c1c Split complementary#38a81c

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 58, 83, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #461ca8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 83 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 80 4 40

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #461ca8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #461ca8; }
.text { color: #461ca8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #461ca8; }

How medium blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #461ca8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #461ca8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #461ca8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Four patterns built from #461ca8 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 medium blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #461ca8 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 uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.