Medium blue

#1f289e

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

Medium blue sits in the blue band, deep and strong. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #1f289e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1f289e

RGB31, 40, 158

HSL236, 67%, 37%

HSV236, 80%, 62%

CMYK80%, 75%, 0%, 38%

Lab24.57, 39.55, -64.1

XYZ7.5, 4.28, 32.78

Decimal2042014

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of medium blue

#1c2591 #1a2184 #171e76 #151b69 #12175c #0f144f #0d1141 #0a0d34 #080a27 #05061a

Tints of medium blue

#242eb7 #2935d1 #3f4ad9 #5862de #7179e3 #8b91e8 #a4a9ed #bdc1f2 #d7d9f7 #f0f1fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#9e951f Analogous#1f679e Analogous#561f9e Triadic#9e1f28 Triadic#289e1f Split complementary#9e561f Split complementary#689e1f

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 80, 75, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1f289e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

80 75 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

78 73 4 44

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 #1f289e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1f289e; }
.text { color: #1f289e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1f289e; }

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 #1f289e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1f289e 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 #1f289e 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 #1f289e 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #1f289e are worked out. 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.