Medium blue

#4f2cbb

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, mid and strong. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #4f2cbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4f2cbb

RGB79, 44, 187

HSL255, 62%, 45%

HSV255, 76%, 73%

CMYK58%, 76%, 0%, 27%

Lab31.92, 51.67, -69.25

XYZ13.09, 7.05, 47.68

Decimal5188795

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4828ab #41249b #3a218a #341d7a #2d196a #26155a #1f1149 #180d39 #110a29 #0a0619

Tints of medium blue

#5932cf #6a47d4 #7b5dd9 #8c72de #9d87e3 #af9ce8 #c0b1ed #d1c6f2 #e2dbf7 #f3f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#98bb2c Analogous#2c50bb Analogous#972cbb Triadic#bb4f2c Triadic#2cbb4f Split complementary#bb972c Split complementary#50bb2c

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 58, 76, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4f2cbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 76 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 74 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 #4f2cbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4f2cbb; }
.text { color: #4f2cbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4f2cbb; }

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 #4f2cbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4f2cbb 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 #4f2cbb 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 #4f2cbb 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 #4f2cbb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.