Blue

#9e9cac

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 grey. 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 #9e9cac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e9cac

RGB158, 156, 172

HSL248, 9%, 64%

HSV248, 9%, 67%

CMYK8%, 9%, 0%, 33%

Lab64.98, 3.9, -8.05

XYZ33.44, 34.02, 43.83

Decimal10394796

Web safe#999999

Pantone535 C

Shades of blue

#8e8c9e #7e7c91 #706d82 #625f72 #545262 #464451 #383741 #2a2931 #1c1c21 #0e0e11

Tints of blue

#a7a5b3 #afaebb #b8b7c2 #c1c0ca #cac9d1 #d2d2d9 #dbdbe0 #e4e3e8 #edecef #f5f5f7

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#aaac9c Analogous#9ca2ac Analogous#a69cac Triadic#ac9e9c Triadic#9cac9e Split complementary#aca69c Split complementary#a2ac9c

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 8, 9, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e9cac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 9 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 12 4 39

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 #9e9cac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e9cac; }
.text { color: #9e9cac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e9cac; }

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 #9e9cac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e9cac 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 #9e9cac 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 #9e9cac 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 #9e9cac is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.