Blue

#5c2bbe

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

This is Blue, a strong purple at 260 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 #5c2bbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5c2bbe

RGB92, 43, 190

HSL260, 63%, 46%

HSV260, 77%, 75%

CMYK52%, 77%, 0%, 25%

Lab33.39, 54.7, -68.56

XYZ14.57, 7.72, 49.44

Decimal6040510

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#5427ad #4c249d #44208c #3c1c7c #34186b #2c155b #24114a #1c0d3a #140929 #0c0619

Tints of blue

#6732d1 #7747d5 #865dda #9672df #a687e4 #b59ce9 #c5b1ed #d5c6f2 #e5dbf7 #f4f0fc

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#8dbe2b Analogous#2b44be Analogous#a52bbe Triadic#be5c2b Triadic#2bbe5c Split complementary#bea62b Split complementary#44be2b

Blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 52, 77, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5c2bbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 77 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 75 4 31

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 #5c2bbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5c2bbe; }
.text { color: #5c2bbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5c2bbe; }

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 #5c2bbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5c2bbe 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 #5c2bbe 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 #5c2bbe 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 #5c2bbe are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.