Blue

#571fff

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

This is Blue, a vivid purple at 255 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.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #571fff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#571fff

RGB87, 31, 255

HSL255, 100%, 56%

HSV255, 88%, 100%

CMYK66%, 88%, 0%, 0%

Lab38.25, 75.35, -97.85

XYZ22.47, 10.23, 95.4

Decimal5709823

Web safe#6633ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4405ff #3b00eb #3400d1 #2e00b8 #28009e #210085 #1b006b #140052 #0e0038 #08001f

Tints of blue

#6634ff #7648ff #855dff #9571ff #a486ff #b49bff #c3afff #d3c4ff #e2d9ff #f2edff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#c7ff1f Analogous#1f57ff Analogous#c71fff Triadic#ff571f Triadic#1fff57 Split complementary#ffc71f Split complementary#57ff1f

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 66, 88, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #571fff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 88 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 85 4 6

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.

Blue in css

Copy #571fff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #571fff; }
.text { color: #571fff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #571fff; }

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 #571fff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #571fff 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 #571fff 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 #571fff 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 #571fff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.