Blue

#4b30cf

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

This is Blue, a strong blue at 250 degrees. 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 #4b30cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4b30cf

RGB75, 48, 207

HSL250, 62%, 50%

HSV250, 77%, 81%

CMYK64%, 77%, 0%, 19%

Lab34.22, 55.05, -77.19

XYZ15.22, 8.11, 59.8

Decimal4927695

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#442cbd #3e28ab #372398 #311f86 #2a1b74 #231762 #1d124f #160e3d #100a2b #090619

Tints of blue

#5c43d3 #6c57d8 #7d6adc #8e7de1 #9f90e5 #afa4ea #c0b7ee #d1caf3 #e2ddf7 #f2f1fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b4cf30 Analogous#3064cf Analogous#9b30cf Triadic#cf4b30 Triadic#30cf4b Split complementary#cf9b30 Split complementary#64cf30

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 64, 77, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4b30cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 77 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 75 4 25

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.

Blue in css

Copy #4b30cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4b30cf; }
.text { color: #4b30cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4b30cf; }

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 #4b30cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4b30cf 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 #4b30cf 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 #4b30cf 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 #4b30cf is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.