Medium blue

#4f00cd

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

Medium blue falls in the purple range, deep and vivid. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #4f00cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f00cd

RGB79, 0, 205

HSL263, 100%, 40%

HSV263, 100%, 80%

CMYK61%, 100%, 0%, 20%

Lab29.59, 69.08, -83.69

XYZ14.24, 6.07, 58.18

Decimal5177549

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4800bc #4200aa #3b0099 #340087 #2d0076 #270064 #200053 #190041 #130030 #0c001f

Tints of medium blue

#5a00ea #6707ff #7824ff #8a41ff #9c5eff #ad7aff #bf97ff #d1b4ff #e2d0ff #f4edff

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#7ecd00 Analogous#0017cd Analogous#b500cd Triadic#cd4f00 Triadic#00cd4f Split complementary#cdb600 Split complementary#18cd00

Medium blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 61, 100, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f00cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 100 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 96 4 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #4f00cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f00cd; }
.text { color: #4f00cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f00cd; }

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 #4f00cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f00cd 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 #4f00cd 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 #4f00cd 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4f00cd 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.