Medium blue

#462bb4

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

Medium blue sits in the blue band, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #462bb4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#462bb4

RGB70, 43, 180

HSL252, 61%, 44%

HSV252, 76%, 71%

CMYK61%, 76%, 0%, 29%

Lab30.22, 49.0, -67.94

XYZ11.63, 6.33, 43.79

Decimal4598708

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4027a4 #3a2495 #342085 #2e1c76 #281866 #221557 #1c1147 #160d38 #100a28 #0a0619

Tints of medium blue

#4e30ca #5f43d2 #7159d7 #846edc #9684e2 #a99ae7 #bbafec #cec5f1 #e0dbf6 #f3f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#99b42b Analogous#2b54b4 Analogous#8b2bb4 Triadic#b4462b Triadic#2bb446 Split complementary#b48a2b Split complementary#55b42b

Medium 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 61, 76, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #462bb4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 76 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 74 4 35

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #462bb4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #462bb4; }
.text { color: #462bb4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #462bb4; }

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 #462bb4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #462bb4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #462bb4 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #462bb4 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

Here is how the numbers for #462bb4 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.