Blue

#581dcf

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 #581dcf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#581dcf

RGB88, 29, 207

HSL260, 75%, 46%

HSV260, 86%, 81%

CMYK57%, 86%, 0%, 19%

Lab32.83, 64.03, -79.45

XYZ15.73, 7.46, 59.64

Decimal5774799

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#501abd #4918ab #411599 #391387 #321075 #2a0e63 #220b51 #1b093f #13062d #0b041b

Tints of blue

#6325e0 #733ce4 #8352e7 #9369ea #a37fed #b495f0 #c4acf3 #d4c2f7 #e4d9fa #f4effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#94cf1d Analogous#1d3bcf Analogous#b11dcf Triadic#cf581d Triadic#1dcf58 Split complementary#cfb11d Split complementary#3bcf1d

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 57, 86, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #581dcf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 86 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 83 4 25

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 #581dcf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #581dcf; }
.text { color: #581dcf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #581dcf; }

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 #581dcf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #581dcf 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 #581dcf 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 #581dcf 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

Every value on this page for #581dcf 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.