Medium blue

#4f2abc

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 purple at 255 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #4f2abc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f2abc

RGB79, 42, 188

HSL255, 63%, 45%

HSV255, 78%, 74%

CMYK58%, 78%, 0%, 26%

Lab31.69, 52.91, -70.23

XYZ13.13, 6.95, 48.23

Decimal5188284

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4826ac #41239b #3a1f8b #341b7b #2d186b #26145a #1f114a #180d3a #110929 #0b0619

Tints of medium blue

#5830d1 #6a45d5 #7b5ada #8c70df #9d85e4 #ae9be9 #c0b0ed #d1c6f2 #e2dbf7 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#97bc2a Analogous#2a4ebc Analogous#982abc Triadic#bc4f2a Triadic#2abc4f Split complementary#bc982a Split complementary#4ebc2a

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 58, 78, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f2abc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 78 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 76 4 32

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #4f2abc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f2abc; }
.text { color: #4f2abc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f2abc; }

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 #4f2abc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f2abc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4f2abc 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4f2abc 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

The figures for #4f2abc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.