Blue

#1400e6

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

This is Blue, a vivid blue at 245 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 #1400e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1400e6

RGB20, 0, 230

HSL245, 100%, 45%

HSV245, 100%, 90%

CMYK91%, 100%, 0%, 10%

Lab29.06, 73.37, -99.12

XYZ14.57, 5.86, 75.23

Decimal1310950

Web safe#0000ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#1200d2 #1100be #0f00aa #0d0096 #0b0082 #0a006e #08005a #060046 #040033 #03001f

Tints of blue

#1701ff #2f1bff #4736ff #5f50ff #776aff #8f84ff #a79fff #bfb9ff #d7d3ff #efedff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#d2e600 Analogous#005fe6 Analogous#8700e6 Triadic#e61400 Triadic#00e614 Split complementary#e68700 Split complementary#5fe600

Blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 91, 100, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1400e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

91 100 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

88 96 4 16

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #1400e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1400e6; }
.text { color: #1400e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1400e6; }

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 #1400e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1400e6 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 #1400e6 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 #1400e6 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 #1400e6 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.