Blue

#5a1add

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

Blue is a mid purple with a grounded cast. 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 #5a1add, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a1add

RGB90, 26, 221

HSL260, 79%, 48%

HSV260, 88%, 87%

CMYK59%, 88%, 0%, 13%

Lab34.26, 68.56, -85.17

XYZ17.64, 8.13, 69.05

Decimal5905117

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#5218ca #4a15b6 #4213a3 #3a1190 #330f7c #2b0c69 #230a55 #1b0842 #13052f #0b031b

Tints of blue

#672ae6 #7740e8 #8755eb #966bee #a681f0 #b597f3 #c5adf5 #d4c3f8 #e4d9fb #f4effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#9ddd1a Analogous#1a3cdd Analogous#bb1add Triadic#dd5a1a Triadic#1add5a Split complementary#ddbb1a Split complementary#3cdd1a

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 59, 88, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a1add on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 88 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 85 4 19

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 #5a1add straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a1add; }
.text { color: #5a1add; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a1add; }

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 #5a1add against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a1add 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 #5a1add 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 #5a1add 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

Here is how the numbers for #5a1add are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.