Blue

#4e18ea

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

This is Blue, a vivid purple at 255 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #4e18ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e18ea

RGB78, 24, 234

HSL255, 83%, 51%

HSV255, 90%, 92%

CMYK67%, 90%, 0%, 8%

Lab34.42, 71.48, -92.37

XYZ18.32, 8.21, 78.46

Decimal5118186

Web safe#6600ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4614d8 #3f12c3 #3810ae #320e99 #2b0c84 #240a6f #1d085b #170646 #100431 #09031c

Tints of blue

#5e2dec #6f43ee #7f58f0 #906ef2 #a083f4 #b199f6 #c1aef8 #d2c4fa #e2d9fc #f2effe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b4ea18 Analogous#184bea Analogous#b718ea Triadic#ea4e18 Triadic#18ea4e Split complementary#eab718 Split complementary#4bea18

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 67, 90, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e18ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 90 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 87 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 #4e18ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e18ea; }
.text { color: #4e18ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e18ea; }

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 #4e18ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e18ea 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 #4e18ea 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 #4e18ea 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 #4e18ea are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.