Medium blue

#5000af

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

Medium blue is a deep purple with a serious cast. 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 #5000af, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5000af

RGB80, 0, 175

HSL267, 100%, 34%

HSV267, 100%, 69%

CMYK54%, 100%, 0%, 31%

Lab26.16, 62.28, -71.62

XYZ11.05, 4.8, 40.9

Decimal5243055

Web safe#660099

Pantone2735 C

Shades of medium blue

#4900a1 #430092 #3c0084 #360075 #2f0067 #280058 #22004a #1b003b #15002d #0e001f

Tints of medium blue

#5e00cf #6d00ee #7d0fff #8e2fff #9f4fff #b06eff #c28eff #d3aeff #e4cdff #f5edff

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#5faf00 Analogous#0007af Analogous#a800af Triadic#af5000 Triadic#00af50 Split complementary#afa800 Split complementary#07af00

Medium blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 54, 100, 0, 31.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5000af on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 100 0 31

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 96 4 37

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 #5000af straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5000af; }
.text { color: #5000af; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5000af; }

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 #5000af against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5000af 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 #5000af 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 #5000af 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

The figures for #5000af 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. 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.