Blue

#4e17eb

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

Blue falls in the purple range, mid and vivid. 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 #4e17eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e17eb

RGB78, 23, 235

HSL256, 84%, 51%

HSV256, 90%, 92%

CMYK67%, 90%, 0%, 8%

Lab34.46, 71.98, -92.88

XYZ18.44, 8.23, 79.21

Decimal5117931

Web safe#6600ff

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#4613d9 #3f11c4 #380faf #320d9a #2b0b85 #240a70 #1d085b #170646 #100431 #09021c

Tints of blue

#5e2ded #6f42ef #7f58f1 #906df2 #a083f4 #b198f6 #c1aef8 #d2c3fa #e2d9fc #f2effe

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b4eb17 Analogous#174aeb Analogous#b817eb Triadic#eb4e17 Triadic#17eb4e Split complementary#ebb817 Split complementary#4aeb17

Blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 67, 90, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e17eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 90 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 87 4 14

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 #4e17eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e17eb; }
.text { color: #4e17eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e17eb; }

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 #4e17eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e17eb 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 #4e17eb 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 #4e17eb 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

Here is how the numbers for #4e17eb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.