Blue

#5039ed

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

Blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #5039ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5039ed

RGB80, 57, 237

HSL248, 83%, 58%

HSV248, 76%, 93%

CMYK66%, 76%, 0%, 7%

Lab39.15, 59.97, -86.24

XYZ20.06, 10.75, 81.14

Decimal5257709

Web safe#6633ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#3b21eb #2e14dd #2912c5 #2410ad #1f0e95 #1a0b7d #150964 #10074c #0b0534 #06031c

Tints of blue

#604bef #705df0 #806ff2 #9082f4 #a094f5 #b0a6f7 #c0b8f9 #d0cafa #e0dcfc #f1effe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#d6ed39 Analogous#397ced Analogous#aa39ed Triadic#ed5039 Triadic#39ed50 Split complementary#edaa39 Split complementary#7ced39

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 66, 76, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5039ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 76 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 74 4 13

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

Blue in css

Copy #5039ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5039ed; }
.text { color: #5039ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5039ed; }

How blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5039ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5039ed against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5039ed sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5039ed 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 blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #5039ed 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.