Blue

#4e20e5

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #4e20e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e20e5

RGB78, 32, 229

HSL254, 79%, 51%

HSV254, 86%, 90%

CMYK66%, 86%, 0%, 10%

Lab34.62, 67.88, -89.19

XYZ17.8, 8.31, 74.79

Decimal5120229

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4519d5 #3e16c0 #3714ac #311297 #2a0f83 #230d6e #1d0a59 #160845 #100630 #09031b

Tints of blue

#5e35e7 #6f49ea #7f5eec #9073ef #a088f1 #b19cf3 #c1b1f6 #d1c6f8 #e2dafb #f2effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b7e520 Analogous#2054e5 Analogous#b120e5 Triadic#e54e20 Triadic#20e54e Split complementary#e5b120 Split complementary#54e520

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 66, 86, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e20e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 86 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 83 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 #4e20e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e20e5; }
.text { color: #4e20e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e20e5; }

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 #4e20e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e20e5 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 #4e20e5 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 #4e20e5 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 #4e20e5 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.