Medium blue

#4d28b6

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

Medium blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #4d28b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4d28b6

RGB77, 40, 182

HSL256, 64%, 44%

HSV256, 78%, 71%

CMYK58%, 78%, 0%, 29%

Lab30.58, 51.9, -68.52

XYZ12.26, 6.47, 44.86

Decimal5056694

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4625a6 #402197 #391e87 #321a77 #2c1768 #251358 #1f1048 #180c38 #110929 #0b0619

Tints of medium blue

#562dcc #663fd5 #7855da #896bdf #9b82e3 #ad98e8 #beaeed #d0c4f2 #e2daf7 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#91b628 Analogous#284ab6 Analogous#9428b6 Triadic#b64d28 Triadic#28b64d Split complementary#b69428 Split complementary#4ab628

Medium blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 58, 78, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4d28b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 78 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 76 4 35

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #4d28b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4d28b6; }
.text { color: #4d28b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4d28b6; }

How medium blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4d28b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4d28b6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4d28b6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4d28b6 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 medium blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4d28b6 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.