Medium blue

#502dba

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 #502dba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#502dba

RGB80, 45, 186

HSL255, 61%, 45%

HSV255, 76%, 73%

CMYK57%, 76%, 0%, 27%

Lab32.1, 51.03, -68.38

XYZ13.11, 7.13, 47.14

Decimal5254586

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4929aa #42259a #3b218a #341d79 #2d1969 #261659 #1f1249 #180e39 #120a29 #0b0619

Tints of medium blue

#5a33ce #6b48d3 #7c5dd8 #8d72dd #9e87e2 #af9de7 #c0b2ec #d1c7f1 #e2dcf6 #f3f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#97ba2d Analogous#2d51ba Analogous#962dba Triadic#ba502d Triadic#2dba50 Split complementary#ba962d Split complementary#51ba2d

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 57, 76, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #502dba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 76 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 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 #502dba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #502dba; }
.text { color: #502dba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #502dba; }

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 #502dba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #502dba 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 #502dba 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 #502dba 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 #502dba 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.