Blue

#650bcd

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

This is Blue, a vivid purple at 268 degrees. 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 #650bcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#650bcd

RGB101, 11, 205

HSL268, 90%, 42%

HSV268, 95%, 80%

CMYK51%, 95%, 0%, 20%

Lab32.73, 68.91, -78.4

XYZ16.51, 7.41, 58.32

Decimal6622157

Web safe#6600cc

Pantone266 C

Shades of blue

#5c0abb #5409aa #4b0898 #420787 #3a0675 #310563 #280452 #200340 #17032f #0e021d

Tints of blue

#720ce7 #801cf3 #8f37f4 #9d51f6 #ac6bf7 #bb85f8 #c99ffa #d8bafb #e7d4fd #f5eefe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#73cd0b Analogous#0b12cd Analogous#c60bcd Triadic#cd650b Triadic#0bcd65 Split complementary#cdc60b Split complementary#12cd0b

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, 95, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #650bcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

51 95 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

51 91 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #650bcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #650bcd; }
.text { color: #650bcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #650bcd; }

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 #650bcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #650bcd 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 #650bcd 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 #650bcd 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 #650bcd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.