Blue

#472fcd

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #472fcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#472fcd

RGB71, 47, 205

HSL249, 63%, 49%

HSV249, 77%, 80%

CMYK65%, 77%, 0%, 20%

Lab33.52, 54.53, -77.2

XYZ14.63, 7.78, 58.49

Decimal4665293

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#412bbb #3b27a9 #342397 #2e1e85 #281a73 #221661 #1b124f #150e3d #0f0a2b #090619

Tints of blue

#5741d3 #6854d8 #7968dc #8b7be1 #9c8fe5 #ada2ea #beb6ee #d0c9f3 #e1ddf7 #f2f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b5cd2f Analogous#2f66cd Analogous#962fcd Triadic#cd472f Triadic#2fcd47 Split complementary#cd962f Split complementary#66cd2f

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 65, 77, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #472fcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 77 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 75 4 26

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.

Blue in css

Copy #472fcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #472fcd; }
.text { color: #472fcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #472fcd; }

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 #472fcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #472fcd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #472fcd 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #472fcd 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 #472fcd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.