Blue

#6503ce

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

Blue falls in the purple range, deep and vivid. 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 #6503ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6503ce

RGB101, 3, 206

HSL269, 97%, 41%

HSV269, 99%, 81%

CMYK51%, 99%, 0%, 19%

Lab32.45, 70.3, -79.44

XYZ16.54, 7.29, 58.93

Decimal6620110

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue

#5c03bc #5402ab #4b0299 #430288 #3a0276 #310164 #290153 #200141 #170130 #0f001e

Tints of blue

#7303ea #810efb #8f2afc #9e46fc #ad62fd #bb7efd #ca9afe #d9b6fe #e7d1fe #f6edff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#6cce03 Analogous#0307ce Analogous#ca03ce Triadic#ce6503 Triadic#03ce65 Split complementary#cecb03 Split complementary#07ce03

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 51, 99, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6503ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 99 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 95 4 25

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 #6503ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6503ce; }
.text { color: #6503ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6503ce; }

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 #6503ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6503ce 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 #6503ce 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 #6503ce 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 #6503ce come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.