Blue

#4c31ea

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 #4c31ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4c31ea

RGB76, 49, 234

HSL249, 81%, 55%

HSV249, 79%, 92%

CMYK68%, 79%, 0%, 8%

Lab37.25, 62.47, -87.69

XYZ18.93, 9.67, 78.71

Decimal4993514

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#381ae8 #3116d3 #2c13bc #2611a5 #210f8e #1c0c77 #160a60 #11084a #0c0533 #06031c

Tints of blue

#5c44ec #6d57ee #7d6af0 #8e7df2 #9e90f4 #afa3f6 #bfb6f8 #d0c9f9 #e0dcfb #f1effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#cfea31 Analogous#3172ea Analogous#a931ea Triadic#ea4c31 Triadic#31ea4c Split complementary#eaa931 Split complementary#72ea31

Blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 68, 79, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4c31ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 79 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 77 4 14

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 #4c31ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4c31ea; }
.text { color: #4c31ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4c31ea; }

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 #4c31ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4c31ea 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 #4c31ea 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 #4c31ea 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 #4c31ea 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.