Blue

#9296cc

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 #9296cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9296cc

RGB146, 150, 204

HSL236, 36%, 69%

HSV236, 28%, 80%

CMYK28%, 26%, 0%, 20%

Lab63.58, 10.75, -28.2

XYZ33.66, 32.28, 61.58

Decimal9606860

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2716 C

Shades of blue

#7c81c2 #666cb8 #5157ad #474c97 #3d4182 #32366c #282b56 #1e2040 #14152b #0a0b15

Tints of blue

#9c9fd1 #a5a9d5 #afb2da #b9bbde #c2c5e3 #cccee7 #d6d7ec #dfe1f0 #e9eaf5 #f3f3f9

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#ccc892 Analogous#92b3cc Analogous#ab92cc Triadic#cc9296 Triadic#96cc92 Split complementary#ccab92 Split complementary#b3cc92

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, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9296cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 26 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 28 4 26

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 #9296cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9296cc; }
.text { color: #9296cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9296cc; }

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 #9296cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9296cc 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 #9296cc 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 #9296cc 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

Every value on this page for #9296cc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.