Blue

#5138cd

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #5138cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5138cd

RGB81, 56, 205

HSL250, 60%, 51%

HSV250, 73%, 80%

CMYK60%, 73%, 0%, 20%

Lab35.96, 51.13, -73.16

XYZ15.83, 8.99, 58.66

Decimal5322957

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4830be #412bac #3a2799 #332287 #2c1d75 #251962 #1e1450 #170f3d #100b2b #090618

Tints of blue

#614ad2 #715dd6 #816fdb #9282e0 #a294e4 #b2a7e9 #c2b9ed #d2ccf2 #e2def7 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b4cd38 Analogous#3869cd Analogous#9b38cd Triadic#cd5138 Triadic#38cd51 Split complementary#cd9b38 Split complementary#6acd38

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 60, 73, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5138cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

60 73 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

59 71 4 26

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

Blue in css

Copy #5138cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5138cd; }
.text { color: #5138cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5138cd; }

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 #5138cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5138cd 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 #5138cd 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 #5138cd 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

Every value on this page for #5138cd is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.