Blue

#5a22cf

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 #5a22cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5a22cf

RGB90, 34, 207

HSL259, 72%, 47%

HSV259, 84%, 81%

CMYK57%, 84%, 0%, 19%

Lab33.61, 62.53, -78.15

XYZ16.05, 7.82, 59.7

Decimal5907151

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#521fbd #4a1cab #421999 #3b1687 #331375 #2b1063 #230d50 #1b0a3e #13072c #0b041a

Tints of blue

#662edd #7643e0 #8659e4 #956ee7 #a584eb #b599ee #c5aff2 #d4c5f5 #e4daf9 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#97cf22 Analogous#2240cf Analogous#b022cf Triadic#cf5a22 Triadic#22cf5a Split complementary#cfb122 Split complementary#40cf22

Blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 57, 84, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5a22cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 84 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 81 4 25

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 #5a22cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5a22cf; }
.text { color: #5a22cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5a22cf; }

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 #5a22cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5a22cf 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 #5a22cf 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 #5a22cf 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 #5a22cf is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.