Medium blue

#550fbf

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 vivid. 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 #550fbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#550fbf

RGB85, 15, 191

HSL264, 85%, 40%

HSV264, 92%, 75%

CMYK55%, 92%, 0%, 25%

Lab29.5, 63.6, -75.6

XYZ13.32, 6.03, 49.75

Decimal5574591

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4e0eaf #470c9e #3f0b8e #380a7e #31096e #2a075d #22064d #1b053d #14042d #0d021c

Tints of medium blue

#6111da #6e1aed #7f35ef #904ff1 #a06af3 #b184f5 #c29ff7 #d3b9fa #e4d4fc #f5eefe

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#79bf0f Analogous#0f21bf Analogous#ad0fbf Triadic#bf550f Triadic#0fbf55 Split complementary#bfad0f Split complementary#21bf0f

Medium blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 55, 92, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #550fbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 92 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 89 4 31

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 #550fbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #550fbf; }
.text { color: #550fbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #550fbf; }

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 #550fbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #550fbf 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 #550fbf 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 #550fbf 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 #550fbf is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.