Blue

#928aae

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 #928aae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#928aae

RGB146, 138, 174

HSL253, 18%, 61%

HSV253, 21%, 68%

CMYK16%, 21%, 0%, 32%

Lab59.29, 10.45, -17.84

XYZ28.58, 27.34, 43.82

Decimal9603758

Web safe#999999

Pantone5285 C

Shades of blue

#8379a2 #736997 #665d86 #5a5276 #4d4665 #403b55 #342f44 #272433 #1a1823 #0e0d12

Tints of blue

#9c95b5 #a69fbd #b0aac4 #bab5cb #c4bfd3 #cecada #d7d5e2 #e1dfe9 #ebeaf0 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#a6ae8a Analogous#8a94ae Analogous#a48aae Triadic#ae928a Triadic#8aae92 Split complementary#aea48a Split complementary#94ae8a

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 21, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #928aae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 21 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 23 4 38

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 #928aae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #928aae; }
.text { color: #928aae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #928aae; }

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 #928aae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #928aae 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 #928aae 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 #928aae 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 #928aae 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.