Blue

#4e23cc

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

This is Blue, a strong 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 #4e23cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e23cc

RGB78, 35, 204

HSL255, 71%, 47%

HSV255, 83%, 80%

CMYK62%, 83%, 0%, 20%

Lab32.22, 60.21, -78.75

XYZ14.64, 7.18, 57.74

Decimal5120972

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4720ba #401da8 #3a1a97 #331785 #2c1473 #251161 #1e0e4f #180b3e #11082c #0a041a

Tints of blue

#592ddb #6b43df #7c59e2 #8d6ee6 #9e84ea #af99ee #c0aff1 #d1c5f5 #e2daf9 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#a1cc23 Analogous#234ccc Analogous#a323cc Triadic#cc4e23 Triadic#23cc4e Split complementary#cca323 Split complementary#4ccc23

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 62, 83, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e23cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 83 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 80 4 26

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.

Blue in css

Copy #4e23cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e23cc; }
.text { color: #4e23cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e23cc; }

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 #4e23cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e23cc 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 #4e23cc 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 #4e23cc 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

The figures for #4e23cc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.