Blue

#641ecd

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 264 degrees. 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 #641ecd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#641ecd

RGB100, 30, 205

HSL264, 74%, 46%

HSV264, 85%, 80%

CMYK51%, 85%, 0%, 20%

Lab34.08, 64.41, -76.18

XYZ16.74, 8.05, 58.43

Decimal6561485

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue

#5b1bbb #5319a9 #4a1698 #411486 #391174 #300e62 #270c50 #1e093e #16072d #0d041b

Tints of blue

#7026df #7f3ce2 #8d52e6 #9c69e9 #ab7fec #ba96f0 #c8acf3 #d7c3f6 #e6d9f9 #f5effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#87cd1e Analogous#1e2fcd Analogous#bb1ecd Triadic#cd641e Triadic#1ecd64 Split complementary#cdbb1e Split complementary#30cd1e

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 51, 85, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #641ecd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 85 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 82 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 #641ecd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #641ecd; }
.text { color: #641ecd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #641ecd; }

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 #641ecd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #641ecd 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 #641ecd 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 #641ecd 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 #641ecd are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.