Medium blue

#520ab7

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

This is Medium blue, a vivid purple at 265 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 #520ab7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#520ab7

RGB82, 10, 183

HSL265, 90%, 38%

HSV265, 95%, 72%

CMYK55%, 95%, 0%, 28%

Lab27.93, 62.44, -73.47

XYZ12.14, 5.43, 45.21

Decimal5376695

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone2735 C

Shades of medium blue

#4b09a8 #440898 #3d0789 #360779 #30066a #29055b #22044b #1b033c #14022c #0d021d

Tints of medium blue

#5f0cd3 #6b0df0 #7c28f3 #8e44f5 #9f60f6 #b07df8 #c199f9 #d2b5fb #e4d2fd #f5eefe

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#6fb70a Analogous#0a18b7 Analogous#a90ab7 Triadic#b7520a Triadic#0ab752 Split complementary#b7a90a Split complementary#18b70a

Medium 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 55, 95, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #520ab7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 95 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 91 4 34

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 #520ab7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #520ab7; }
.text { color: #520ab7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #520ab7; }

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 #520ab7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #520ab7 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 #520ab7 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 #520ab7 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

Every value on this page for #520ab7 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.