Blue

#6400ff

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 vivid. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #6400ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6400ff

RGB100, 0, 255

HSL264, 100%, 50%

HSV264, 100%, 100%

CMYK61%, 100%, 0%, 0%

Lab37.72, 81.42, -98.7

XYZ23.31, 9.93, 95.3

Decimal6553855

Web safe#6600ff

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue

#5b00e9 #5200d2 #4a00bc #4100a5 #38008f #2f0078 #260062 #1e004b #150035 #0c001f

Tints of blue

#7218ff #812fff #8f47ff #9e5fff #ac77ff #ba8eff #c9a6ff #d7beff #e6d5ff #f4edff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#9bff00 Analogous#001cff Analogous#e300ff Triadic#ff6400 Triadic#00ff64 Split complementary#ffe400 Split complementary#1bff00

Blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 61, 100, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6400ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 100 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 96 4 6

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #6400ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6400ff; }
.text { color: #6400ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6400ff; }

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 #6400ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6400ff against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6400ff 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6400ff 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 #6400ff is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.