Blue

#4e2ccc

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 strong. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #4e2ccc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e2ccc

RGB78, 44, 204

HSL253, 65%, 49%

HSV253, 78%, 80%

CMYK62%, 78%, 0%, 20%

Lab33.52, 56.39, -76.6

XYZ14.94, 7.78, 57.84

Decimal5123276

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4728ba #4024a8 #392096 #331d84 #2c1973 #251561 #1e114f #170d3d #10092b #0a0519

Tints of blue

#5c3cd5 #6d50d9 #7e64de #8e78e2 #9f8ce6 #b0a0eb #c1b4ef #d1c8f3 #e2dcf8 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#aacc2c Analogous#2c5acc Analogous#9e2ccc Triadic#cc4e2c Triadic#2ccc4e Split complementary#cc9e2c Split complementary#5acc2c

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 62, 78, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e2ccc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 78 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 76 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 #4e2ccc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e2ccc; }
.text { color: #4e2ccc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e2ccc; }

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 #4e2ccc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e2ccc 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 #4e2ccc 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 #4e2ccc 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 #4e2ccc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.