Blue

#3129ff

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 242 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 #3129ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3129ff

RGB49, 41, 255

HSL242, 100%, 58%

HSV242, 84%, 100%

CMYK81%, 84%, 0%, 0%

Lab36.85, 70.12, -100.23

XYZ20.11, 9.46, 95.37

Decimal3222015

Web safe#3333ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#170eff #0900f3 #0800d8 #0700be #0600a3 #050089 #04006e #030054 #020039 #01001f

Tints of blue

#443dff #5750ff #6a64ff #7d77ff #8f8bff #a29fff #b5b2ff #c8c6ff #dbdaff #eeedff

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#f7ff29 Analogous#298cff Analogous#9c29ff Triadic#ff3129 Triadic#29ff31 Split complementary#ff9c29 Split complementary#8cff29

Blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 81, 84, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3129ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 84 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 81 4 6

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 #3129ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3129ff; }
.text { color: #3129ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3129ff; }

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 #3129ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3129ff 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 #3129ff 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 #3129ff 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

The figures for #3129ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.