Blue

#9192bb

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #9192bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9192bb

RGB145, 146, 187

HSL239, 24%, 65%

HSV239, 22%, 73%

CMYK22%, 22%, 0%, 27%

Lab61.8, 8.57, -21.4

XYZ30.93, 30.17, 51.21

Decimal9540283

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of blue

#7e80af #6c6da4 #5c5e95 #515283 #454670 #3a3b5d #2e2f4b #232338 #171826 #0c0c13

Tints of blue

#9b9cc1 #a5a6c7 #afafcd #b9b9d3 #c2c3da #cccde0 #d6d7e6 #e0e0ec #eaeaf2 #f4f4f8

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#bbba91 Analogous#91a7bb Analogous#a591bb Triadic#bb9192 Triadic#92bb91 Split complementary#bba591 Split complementary#a7bb91

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 22, 22, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9192bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 22 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 24 4 33

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 #9192bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9192bb; }
.text { color: #9192bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9192bb; }

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 #9192bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9192bb 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 #9192bb 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 #9192bb 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 #9192bb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.