Blue

#6014cd

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

Blue is a deep purple with a weighty cast. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #6014cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6014cd

RGB96, 20, 205

HSL265, 82%, 44%

HSV265, 90%, 80%

CMYK53%, 90%, 0%, 20%

Lab32.69, 66.75, -78.49

XYZ16.09, 7.39, 58.34

Decimal6296781

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue

#5812bb #4f11aa #470f98 #3f0d86 #370b74 #2e0a63 #260851 #1e063f #15042e #0d031c

Tints of blue

#6b16e5 #7a2cea #8a44ed #995def #a875f2 #b78df4 #c7a6f6 #d6bef9 #e5d6fb #f5effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#81cd14 Analogous#1424cd Analogous#bc14cd Triadic#cd6014 Triadic#14cd60 Split complementary#cdbd14 Split complementary#25cd14

Blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 53, 90, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6014cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 90 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 87 4 26

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 #6014cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6014cd; }
.text { color: #6014cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6014cd; }

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 #6014cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6014cd 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 #6014cd 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 #6014cd 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

The figures for #6014cd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.