Medium blue

#2c2dbd

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

Medium blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #2c2dbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2c2dbd

RGB44, 45, 189

HSL240, 62%, 46%

HSV240, 77%, 74%

CMYK77%, 76%, 0%, 26%

Lab29.63, 48.18, -74.31

XYZ11.16, 6.09, 48.73

Decimal2895293

Web safe#3333cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#2829ad #24259c #21218c #1d1d7b #19196b #15165a #11124a #0d0e3a #0a0a29 #060619

Tints of medium blue

#3334d0 #4849d4 #5d5ed9 #7273de #8788e3 #9c9de8 #b1b2ed #c6c7f2 #dbdcf7 #f1f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#bdbc2c Analogous#2c75bd Analogous#732cbd Triadic#bd2c2d Triadic#2dbd2c Split complementary#bd742c Split complementary#75bd2c

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 77, 76, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2c2dbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

77 76 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

75 74 4 32

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 #2c2dbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2c2dbd; }
.text { color: #2c2dbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2c2dbd; }

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 #2c2dbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2c2dbd 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 #2c2dbd 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 #2c2dbd 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

Here is how the numbers for #2c2dbd are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.