Medium blue

#3122ab

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #3122ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3122ab

RGB49, 34, 171

HSL247, 67%, 40%

HSV247, 80%, 67%

CMYK71%, 80%, 0%, 33%

Lab25.97, 48.57, -69.62

XYZ9.19, 4.74, 38.96

Decimal3220139

Web safe#333399

Pantone2746 C

Shades of medium blue

#2d1f9c #291c8e #24197f #201671 #1c1462 #181154 #140e45 #100b37 #0b0828 #07051a

Tints of medium blue

#3827c3 #4330d6 #5848db #6e60df #8478e4 #9a90e9 #b0a8ee #c6c0f3 #dcd8f7 #f1f0fc

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#9cab22 Analogous#2257ab Analogous#7622ab Triadic#ab3122 Triadic#22ab31 Split complementary#ab7622 Split complementary#57ab22

Medium blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 71, 80, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3122ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 80 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 78 4 39

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 #3122ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3122ab; }
.text { color: #3122ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3122ab; }

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 #3122ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3122ab 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 #3122ab 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 #3122ab 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

The figures for #3122ab come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.