Blue

#4d2ced

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

Blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #4d2ced, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4d2ced

RGB77, 44, 237

HSL250, 84%, 55%

HSV250, 81%, 93%

CMYK68%, 81%, 0%, 7%

Lab36.92, 65.52, -89.94

XYZ19.25, 9.49, 80.94

Decimal5057773

Web safe#6633ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3a15eb #3312d5 #2e10be #280ea7 #230c90 #1d0a78 #180861 #12064a #0c0433 #07021c

Tints of blue

#5d3fef #6e53f0 #7e66f2 #8f7af4 #9f8df5 #afa1f7 #c0b4f9 #d0c8fa #e1dbfc #f1effe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#cced2c Analogous#2c6bed Analogous#ae2ced Triadic#ed4d2c Triadic#2ced4d Split complementary#edae2c Split complementary#6bed2c

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, 81, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4d2ced on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 81 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 79 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 #4d2ced straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4d2ced; }
.text { color: #4d2ced; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4d2ced; }

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 #4d2ced against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4d2ced 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 #4d2ced 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 #4d2ced 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

Here is how the numbers for #4d2ced are worked out. 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.