Medium blue

#4e2eba

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

This is Medium blue, a strong blue at 254 degrees. 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #4e2eba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e2eba

RGB78, 46, 186

HSL254, 60%, 45%

HSV254, 75%, 73%

CMYK58%, 75%, 0%, 27%

Lab32.08, 50.27, -68.42

XYZ12.98, 7.12, 47.14

Decimal5123770

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#472aaa #40269a #3a228a #331e79 #2c1a69 #251659 #1f1249 #180e39 #110a29 #0a0619

Tints of medium blue

#5835cd #694ad2 #7a5fd7 #8c74dd #9d88e2 #ae9de7 #bfb2ec #d1c7f1 #e2dcf6 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#9aba2e Analogous#2e54ba Analogous#942eba Triadic#ba4e2e Triadic#2eba4e Split complementary#ba942e Split complementary#54ba2e

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 58, 75, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e2eba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 75 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 73 4 33

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #4e2eba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e2eba; }
.text { color: #4e2eba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e2eba; }

How medium blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e2eba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e2eba against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e2eba sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Four patterns built from #4e2eba 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 medium blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4e2eba are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.