Medium blue

#562cbf

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

This is Medium blue, a strong purple at 257 degrees. 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #562cbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#562cbf

RGB86, 44, 191

HSL257, 63%, 46%

HSV257, 77%, 75%

CMYK55%, 77%, 0%, 25%

Lab33.01, 53.71, -69.8

XYZ14.14, 7.54, 50.0

Decimal5647551

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#4f28ae #47249e #40218d #381d7d #31196c #29155b #22114b #1a0d3a #130a29 #0b0619

Tints of medium blue

#6134d0 #7149d5 #825eda #9273df #a288e4 #b29de8 #c3b2ed #d3c7f2 #e3dcf7 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#95bf2c Analogous#2c4cbf Analogous#a02cbf Triadic#bf562c Triadic#2cbf56 Split complementary#bfa02c Split complementary#4cbf2c

Medium blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 55, 77, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #562cbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 77 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 75 4 31

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #562cbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #562cbf; }
.text { color: #562cbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #562cbf; }

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 #562cbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #562cbf 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 #562cbf 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 #562cbf 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

Here is how the numbers for #562cbf are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.