Medium blue

#5c2abc

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

Medium 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #5c2abc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5c2abc

RGB92, 42, 188

HSL261, 63%, 45%

HSV261, 78%, 74%

CMYK51%, 78%, 0%, 26%

Lab33.05, 54.61, -67.94

XYZ14.32, 7.56, 48.28

Decimal6040252

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#5426ac #4c239b #441f8b #3c1b7b #34186b #2c145a #24114a #1c0d3a #140929 #0c0619

Tints of medium blue

#6730d1 #7645d5 #865ada #9670df #a685e4 #b59be9 #c5b0ed #d5c6f2 #e5dbf7 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#8abc2a Analogous#2a41bc Analogous#a52abc Triadic#bc5c2a Triadic#2abc5c Split complementary#bca52a Split complementary#41bc2a

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 51, 78, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5c2abc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 78 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 76 4 32

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 #5c2abc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5c2abc; }
.text { color: #5c2abc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5c2abc; }

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 #5c2abc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5c2abc 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 #5c2abc 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 #5c2abc 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #5c2abc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.