Blue

#5437ca

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

This is Blue, a strong blue at 252 degrees. 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 #5437ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5437ca

RGB84, 55, 202

HSL252, 58%, 50%

HSV252, 73%, 79%

CMYK58%, 73%, 0%, 21%

Lab35.76, 51.16, -71.73

XYZ15.68, 8.88, 56.76

Decimal5519306

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4c31b9 #452ca7 #3d2895 #362384 #2f1e72 #271960 #20154e #19103c #110b2a #0a0618

Tints of blue

#644acf #745cd4 #846fd9 #9481de #a394e3 #b3a7e8 #c3b9ec #d3ccf1 #e3def6 #f3f1fb

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#adca37 Analogous#3763ca Analogous#9d37ca Triadic#ca5437 Triadic#37ca54 Split complementary#ca9d37 Split complementary#63ca37

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 58, 73, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5437ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 73 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 71 4 27

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 #5437ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5437ca; }
.text { color: #5437ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5437ca; }

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 #5437ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5437ca 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 #5437ca 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 #5437ca 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 #5437ca is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.