Blue

#552fc4

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

Blue falls in the purple range, mid and strong. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #552fc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#552fc4

RGB85, 47, 196

HSL255, 61%, 48%

HSV255, 76%, 77%

CMYK57%, 76%, 0%, 23%

Lab33.88, 53.56, -71.31

XYZ14.73, 7.95, 52.98

Decimal5582788

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4e2bb3 #4627a2 #3f2391 #371f7f #301a6e #28165d #21124c #1a0e3b #120a2a #0b0619

Tints of blue

#623cd0 #7250d5 #8264da #9278df #a28ce3 #b3a0e8 #c3b4ed #d3c8f2 #e3ddf7 #f3f1fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#9ec42f Analogous#2f53c4 Analogous#a02fc4 Triadic#c4552f Triadic#2fc455 Split complementary#c4a02f Split complementary#53c42f

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, 76, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #552fc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 76 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 74 4 29

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 #552fc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #552fc4; }
.text { color: #552fc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #552fc4; }

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 #552fc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #552fc4 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 #552fc4 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 #552fc4 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 #552fc4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.