Deep blue

#4d4e5c

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

Deep blue sits in the blue band, deep and grey. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Deep blue color values

Every conversion for #4d4e5c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4d4e5c

RGB77, 78, 92

HSL236, 9%, 33%

HSV236, 16%, 36%

CMYK16%, 15%, 0%, 64%

Lab33.56, 2.88, -8.33

XYZ7.72, 7.8, 11.22

Decimal5066332

Web safe#666666

Pantone532 C

Shades of deep blue

#474854 #40414d #3a3b45 #34343e #2d2e36 #27282f #212127 #1b1b20 #141518 #0e0e11

Tints of deep blue

#5c5d6e #6a6c7f #7a7c90 #8c8d9f #9d9ead #afb0bc #c1c1cb #d2d3d9 #e4e4e8 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with deep blue

Complementary#5c5b4d Analogous#4d565c Analogous#534d5c Triadic#5c4d4e Triadic#4e5c4d Split complementary#5c544d Split complementary#565c4d

Deep blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 15, 0, 64.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4d4e5c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 15 0 64

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 18 4 70

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.

Deep blue in css

Copy #4d4e5c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4d4e5c; }
.text { color: #4d4e5c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4d4e5c; }

How deep blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Deep blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4d4e5c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4d4e5c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Deep blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4d4e5c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around deep 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 deep blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4d4e5c 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 deep blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #4d4e5c come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.