Blue

#522dc6

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

This is Blue, a strong purple at 255 degrees. 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 #522dc6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#522dc6

RGB82, 45, 198

HSL255, 63%, 48%

HSV255, 77%, 78%

CMYK59%, 77%, 0%, 22%

Lab33.45, 54.69, -73.2

XYZ14.61, 7.75, 54.15

Decimal5385670

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4b29b5 #4425a3 #3c2192 #351d81 #2e196f #27155e #20114d #190e3c #110a2a #0a0619

Tints of blue

#5f3ad2 #6f4ed7 #8062db #9077e0 #a18be5 #b19fe9 #c2b4ee #d2c8f2 #e3dcf7 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#a1c62d Analogous#2d55c6 Analogous#9e2dc6 Triadic#c6522d Triadic#2dc652 Split complementary#c69f2d Split complementary#55c62d

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 59, 77, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #522dc6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 77 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 75 4 28

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.

Blue in css

Copy #522dc6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #522dc6; }
.text { color: #522dc6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #522dc6; }

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 #522dc6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #522dc6 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 #522dc6 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 #522dc6 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 #522dc6 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.