Blue

#5113d3

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

Blue falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. 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.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #5113d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5113d3

RGB81, 19, 211

HSL259, 83%, 45%

HSV259, 91%, 83%

CMYK62%, 91%, 0%, 17%

Lab31.62, 67.23, -83.8

XYZ15.38, 6.92, 62.15

Decimal5313491

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4a11c1 #4310ae #3c0e9c #350c8a #2e0b78 #270965 #200753 #190641 #12042e #0b031c

Tints of blue

#5b16ea #6c2eec #7d46ee #8e5ef1 #9f76f3 #b08ef5 #c0a6f7 #d1bff9 #e2d7fb #f3effe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#95d313 Analogous#1335d3 Analogous#b113d3 Triadic#d35113 Triadic#13d351 Split complementary#d3b113 Split complementary#35d313

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 62, 91, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5113d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 91 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 88 4 23

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.

Blue in css

Copy #5113d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5113d3; }
.text { color: #5113d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5113d3; }

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 #5113d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5113d3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5113d3 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5113d3 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

Here is how the numbers for #5113d3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.