Blue

#8b8ebe

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

Blue sits in the blue band, mid and muted. 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 #8b8ebe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b8ebe

RGB139, 142, 190

HSL236, 28%, 65%

HSV236, 27%, 75%

CMYK27%, 25%, 0%, 25%

Lab60.38, 9.72, -25.3

XYZ29.61, 28.55, 52.67

Decimal9146046

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of blue

#787bb3 #6569a9 #565a99 #4b4f86 #414473 #363860 #2b2d4d #20223a #161727 #0b0b14

Tints of blue

#9598c4 #a0a2ca #aaadd0 #b5b7d5 #bfc1db #cacbe1 #d4d5e7 #dfdfed #e9eaf3 #f4f4f9

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#bebb8b Analogous#8ba7be Analogous#a18bbe Triadic#be8b8e Triadic#8ebe8b Split complementary#bea28b Split complementary#a7be8b

Blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 27, 25, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b8ebe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 25 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 27 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 #8b8ebe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b8ebe; }
.text { color: #8b8ebe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b8ebe; }

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 #8b8ebe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b8ebe 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 #8b8ebe 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 #8b8ebe 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 #8b8ebe 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. 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.