Blue

#8a8ec0

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

This is Blue, a soft blue at 236 degrees. 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 #8a8ec0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a8ec0

RGB138, 142, 192

HSL236, 30%, 65%

HSV236, 28%, 75%

CMYK28%, 26%, 0%, 25%

Lab60.39, 9.92, -26.43

XYZ29.67, 28.56, 53.82

Decimal9080512

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of blue

#777bb6 #6368ab #54599c #4a4e89 #3f4375 #353862 #2a2d4e #20223b #151727 #0b0b14

Tints of blue

#9598c6 #9fa2cb #aaadd1 #b4b7d7 #bfc1dc #c9cbe2 #d4d5e8 #dedfed #e9eaf3 #f3f4f9

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#c0bc8a Analogous#8aa9c0 Analogous#a18ac0 Triadic#c08a8e Triadic#8ec08a Split complementary#c0a18a Split complementary#a9c08a

Blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 28, 26, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a8ec0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 26 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 28 4 31

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #8a8ec0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a8ec0; }
.text { color: #8a8ec0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a8ec0; }

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 #8a8ec0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a8ec0 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 #8a8ec0 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 #8a8ec0 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 #8a8ec0 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.