Medium blue

#420dc4

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

This is Medium blue, a vivid purple at 257 degrees. Deep purples like this carry luxury and craft. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Medium blue color values

Every conversion for #420dc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#420dc4

RGB66, 13, 196

HSL257, 88%, 41%

HSV257, 93%, 77%

CMYK66%, 93%, 0%, 23%

Lab27.93, 63.92, -81.21

XYZ12.35, 5.43, 52.62

Decimal4328900

Web safe#3300cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of medium blue

#3c0cb3 #370ba3 #310a92 #2b0981 #260770 #200660 #1b054f #15043e #0f032d #0a021d

Tints of medium blue

#4b0fdf #581af0 #6b34f2 #7f4ff3 #9269f5 #a584f7 #b99ff9 #ccb9fa #dfd4fc #f3eefe

Colors that go with medium blue

Complementary#8fc40d Analogous#0d34c4 Analogous#9e0dc4 Triadic#c4420d Triadic#0dc442 Split complementary#c49d0d Split complementary#34c40d

Medium blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 66, 93, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #420dc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 93 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 90 4 29

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 #420dc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #420dc4; }
.text { color: #420dc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #420dc4; }

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 #420dc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #420dc4 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 #420dc4 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 #420dc4 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 #420dc4 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.