Dodger blue

#4ea4df

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dodger blue color values

Every conversion for #4ea4df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4ea4df
RGB78, 164, 223
HSL204, 69%, 59%
HSV204, 65%, 87%
CMYK65%, 26%, 0%, 13%
Lab64.56, -7.82, -37.5
XYZ29.74, 33.5, 74.71
Decimal5154015
Web safe#6699cc
Pantone2915 C
Pantone2915 CHex#4ea4dfRgb78 164 223Cmyk65 26 0 13Lab65 -8 -38Darker#185986Deep#2382c2Lighter#8fc2e5

Shades of dodger blue

Tints of dodger blue

Colors that go with dodger blue

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 65, 26, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4ea4df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
65 26 0 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
64 28 4 19
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 #4ea4df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4ea4df; }
.text { color: #4ea4df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4ea4df; }

How dodger blue looks on light and dark

Dodger blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4ea4df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.73:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.70:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4ea4df 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 #4ea4df sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #4ea4df and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from dodger blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #4ea4df is computed, not guessed. 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.