Blue

#928cad

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

This is Blue, a muted blue at 251 degrees. 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 #928cad, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#928cad

RGB146, 140, 173

HSL251, 17%, 61%

HSV251, 19%, 68%

CMYK16%, 19%, 0%, 32%

Lab59.78, 9.08, -16.53

XYZ28.77, 27.88, 43.4

Decimal9604269

Web safe#999999

Pantone5285 C

Shades of blue

#827ca1 #736b95 #665f85 #595375 #4d4864 #403c54 #343043 #272433 #1a1822 #0e0d12

Tints of blue

#9c96b4 #a6a1bc #b0abc3 #bab6cb #c4c0d2 #cdcbda #d7d5e1 #e1e0e9 #ebeaf0 #f5f5f8

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#a7ad8c Analogous#8c97ad Analogous#a38cad Triadic#ad928c Triadic#8cad92 Split complementary#ada38c Split complementary#97ad8c

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 16, 19, 0, 32.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 19 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 21 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blue in css

Copy #928cad straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #928cad 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 #928cad 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 #928cad 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 #928cad are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.