Medium blue

#2a2aaa

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

Medium blue is a deep blue that reads weighty. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #2a2aaa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2a2aaa

RGB42, 42, 170

HSL240, 60%, 42%

HSV240, 75%, 67%

CMYK75%, 75%, 0%, 33%

Lab26.88, 43.4, -67.53

XYZ9.04, 5.05, 38.53

Decimal2763434

Web safe#333399

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#26269b #23238d #1f1f7e #1c1c70 #181861 #141453 #111144 #0d0d36 #0a0a27 #060619

Tints of medium blue

#3030c0 #3d3dcf #5353d5 #6a6ada #8080e0 #9797e5 #adadeb #c4c4f0 #dadaf6 #f1f1fb

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#aaaa2a Analogous#2a6aaa Analogous#6a2aaa Triadic#aa2a2a Triadic#2aaa2a Split complementary#aa6a2a Split complementary#6aaa2a

Medium 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 75, 75, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2a2aaa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

75 75 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

73 73 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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #2a2aaa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2a2aaa; }
.text { color: #2a2aaa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2a2aaa; }

How medium blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Medium blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #2a2aaa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2a2aaa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Medium blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #2a2aaa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around medium blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn medium blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #2a2aaa 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 medium blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #2a2aaa is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.