Medium blue

#4019a4

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

Medium blue falls in the purple range, deep and strong. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Pair it with warm yellows for contrast, or with charcoal for a moody scheme.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #4019a4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4019a4

RGB64, 25, 164

HSL257, 74%, 37%

HSV257, 85%, 64%

CMYK61%, 85%, 0%, 36%

Lab25.15, 51.87, -66.7

XYZ9.16, 4.47, 35.5

Decimal4200868

Web safe#330099

Pantone2746 C

Shades of medium blue

#3b1796 #351589 #30137b #2b116d #250f5f #200c52 #1a0a44 #150836 #100628 #0a041b

Tints of medium blue

#4a1dbe #5521d9 #6737e1 #7b52e5 #8f6ce9 #a386ed #b7a1f1 #cbbbf5 #dfd5f9 #f3f0fd

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#7da419 Analogous#1937a4 Analogous#8619a4 Triadic#a44019 Triadic#19a440 Split complementary#a48619 Split complementary#37a419

Medium 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 61, 85, 0, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4019a4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 85 0 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 82 4 42

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.

Medium blue in css

Copy #4019a4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4019a4; }
.text { color: #4019a4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4019a4; }

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 #4019a4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4019a4 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 #4019a4 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 #4019a4 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

Every value on this page for #4019a4 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.