Blue

#552bc6

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 256 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 #552bc6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#552bc6

RGB85, 43, 198

HSL256, 64%, 47%

HSV256, 78%, 78%

CMYK57%, 78%, 0%, 22%

Lab33.43, 55.97, -73.23

XYZ14.8, 7.74, 54.14

Decimal5581766

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4e27b5 #4623a3 #3f2092 #371c81 #301870 #28145e #21114d #1a0d3c #12092a #0b0519

Tints of blue

#6137d3 #714bd8 #8260dc #9275e1 #a289e5 #b29eea #c3b2ee #d3c7f3 #e3dcf7 #f3f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#9cc62b Analogous#2b4fc6 Analogous#a22bc6 Triadic#c6552b Triadic#2bc655 Split complementary#c6a32b Split complementary#4fc62b

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 57, 78, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #552bc6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 78 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 76 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #552bc6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #552bc6; }
.text { color: #552bc6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #552bc6; }

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 #552bc6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #552bc6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #552bc6 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #552bc6 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

The figures for #552bc6 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. 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.