Blue

#551ecc

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

Blue is a mid purple with a balanced cast. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #551ecc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#551ecc

RGB85, 30, 204

HSL259, 74%, 46%

HSV259, 85%, 80%

CMYK58%, 85%, 0%, 20%

Lab32.3, 62.66, -78.59

XYZ15.11, 7.22, 57.72

Decimal5578444

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4e1bba #4619a9 #3f1697 #371485 #301173 #290e62 #210c50 #1a093e #13072c #0b041b

Tints of blue

#6025df #703be2 #8152e6 #9168e9 #a17fec #b295ef #c2acf3 #d3c2f6 #e3d9f9 #f4effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#95cc1e Analogous#1e3ecc Analogous#ac1ecc Triadic#cc551e Triadic#1ecc55 Split complementary#ccac1e Split complementary#3ecc1e

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 58, 85, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #551ecc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 85 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 82 4 26

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 #551ecc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #551ecc; }
.text { color: #551ecc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #551ecc; }

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 #551ecc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #551ecc 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 #551ecc 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 #551ecc 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

Every value on this page for #551ecc is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.