Medium blue

#511dbb

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 260 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #511dbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#511dbb

RGB81, 29, 187

HSL260, 73%, 42%

HSV260, 84%, 73%

CMYK57%, 84%, 0%, 27%

Lab29.95, 58.24, -72.5

XYZ12.8, 6.22, 47.54

Decimal5316027

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4a1bab #43189b #3c168b #35137b #2e116b #270e5b #200c4b #19093b #12072b #0b041a

Tints of medium blue

#5b21d3 #6a30df #7b48e3 #8c60e6 #9e78ea #af90ee #c0a8f1 #d1c0f5 #e3d8f9 #f4f0fd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#87bb1d Analogous#1d38bb Analogous#a01dbb Triadic#bb511d Triadic#1dbb51 Split complementary#bba01d Split complementary#38bb1d

Medium blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 57, 84, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #511dbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 84 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 81 4 33

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 #511dbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #511dbb; }
.text { color: #511dbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #511dbb; }

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 #511dbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #511dbb 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 #511dbb 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 #511dbb 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 #511dbb 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.