Blue

#4830e8

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 confident. 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 #4830e8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4830e8

RGB72, 48, 232

HSL248, 80%, 55%

HSV248, 79%, 91%

CMYK69%, 79%, 0%, 9%

Lab36.59, 62.01, -87.65

XYZ18.29, 9.32, 77.18

Decimal4731112

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#341ae6 #2f17cf #2a15b9 #2512a2 #20108c #1b0d75 #160b5f #100848 #0b0632 #06031c

Tints of blue

#5943ea #6a56ec #7b69ee #8c7cf0 #9c8ff3 #ada3f5 #beb6f7 #cfc9f9 #e0dcfb #f1effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#d0e830 Analogous#3074e8 Analogous#a430e8 Triadic#e84830 Triadic#30e848 Split complementary#e8a430 Split complementary#74e830

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 69, 79, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4830e8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 79 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 77 4 15

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

Blue in css

Copy #4830e8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4830e8; }
.text { color: #4830e8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4830e8; }

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 #4830e8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4830e8 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 #4830e8 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 #4830e8 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 #4830e8 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.