Blue

#746e8c

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #746e8c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#746e8c

RGB116, 110, 140

HSL252, 12%, 49%

HSV252, 21%, 55%

CMYK17%, 21%, 0%, 45%

Lab47.95, 8.85, -15.57

XYZ17.51, 16.76, 27.12

Decimal7630476

Web safe#666699

Pantone667 C

Shades of blue

#6a6480 #605b73 #555167 #4b475b #413e4f #373442 #2d2a36 #23212a #18171d #0e0d11

Tints of blue

#817b97 #8e89a2 #9b96ad #a8a4b7 #b5b1c2 #c2bfcd #ceccd7 #dbdae2 #e8e7ec #f5f5f7

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#868c6e Analogous#6e778c Analogous#836e8c Triadic#8c746e Triadic#6e8c74 Split complementary#8c836e Split complementary#778c6e

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 21, 0, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #746e8c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 21 0 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 23 4 51

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #746e8c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #746e8c; }
.text { color: #746e8c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #746e8c; }

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 #746e8c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #746e8c 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 #746e8c 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 #746e8c 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 #746e8c 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.