Blue

#480dec

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

This is Blue, a vivid purple at 256 degrees. 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 #480dec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#480dec

RGB72, 13, 236

HSL256, 90%, 49%

HSV256, 94%, 93%

CMYK69%, 94%, 0%, 7%

Lab33.4, 73.99, -95.23

XYZ17.96, 7.72, 79.9

Decimal4722156

Web safe#3300ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#420cd7 #3b0bc3 #350aae #2f0899 #280785 #220670 #1c055b #150446 #0f0332 #09021d

Tints of blue

#571ff3 #6836f4 #794df5 #8b64f6 #9c7bf8 #ad92f9 #bea9fa #d0c0fc #e1d7fd #f2eefe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b1ec0d Analogous#0d41ec Analogous#b80dec Triadic#ec480d Triadic#0dec48 Split complementary#ecb80d Split complementary#41ec0d

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 69, 94, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #480dec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 94 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 90 4 13

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 #480dec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #480dec; }
.text { color: #480dec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #480dec; }

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 #480dec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #480dec 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 #480dec 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 #480dec 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 #480dec 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.