Dodger blue

#4e99cf

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

Dodger 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.

Dodger blue color values

Every conversion for #4e99cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e99cf

RGB78, 153, 207

HSL205, 57%, 56%

HSV205, 62%, 81%

CMYK62%, 26%, 0%, 19%

Lab60.7, -6.88, -34.64

XYZ25.8, 28.91, 63.25

Decimal5151183

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone542 C

Shades of dodger blue

#3a8dca #3280b8 #2d72a4 #276490 #22567c #1c4868 #173a54 #112d40 #0c1f2c #071118

Tints of dodger blue

#5ea2d3 #6facd8 #7fb5dc #8fbfe1 #9fc8e5 #b0d1ea #c0dbee #d0e4f2 #e1eef7 #f1f7fb

Colors that go with dodger blue

Complementary#cf844e Analogous#4ecfc4 Analogous#4e59cf Triadic#cf4e99 Triadic#99cf4e Split complementary#cf4e58 Split complementary#cfc44e

Dodger 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, 26, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e99cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 26 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 28 4 25

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.

Dodger blue in css

Copy #4e99cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e99cf; }
.text { color: #4e99cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e99cf; }

How dodger blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Dodger blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4e99cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e99cf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dodger blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4e99cf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Four patterns built from #4e99cf 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 dodger blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4e99cf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.