Medium blue

#522bb5

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

Medium blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #522bb5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#522bb5
RGB82, 43, 181
HSL257, 62%, 44%
HSV257, 76%, 71%
CMYK55%, 76%, 0%, 29%
Lab31.48, 50.85, -66.41
XYZ12.68, 6.86, 44.37
Decimal5385141
Web safe#6633cc
Pantone2736 C
Pantone2736 CHex#522bb5Rgb82 43 181Cmyk55 76 0 29Lab31 51 -66Darker#1e1042Deep#381d7bLighter#7a58cf

Shades of medium blue

Tints of medium blue

Colors that go with medium blue

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 55, 76, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #522bb5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
55 76 0 29
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
55 74 4 35
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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Medium blue in css

Copy #522bb5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #522bb5; }
.text { color: #522bb5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #522bb5; }

How medium blue looks on light and dark

Medium blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #522bb5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
8.85:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Textblack text on this color
2.37:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #522bb5 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 #522bb5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #522bb5 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from medium blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #522bb5 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.