Dodger blue

#5597c4

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

Dodger blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Dodger blue color values

Every conversion for #5597c4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5597c4

RGB85, 151, 196

HSL204, 48%, 55%

HSV204, 57%, 77%

CMYK57%, 23%, 0%, 23%

Lab59.93, -7.9, -29.64

XYZ24.78, 28.05, 56.33

Decimal5609412

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone542 C

Shades of dodger blue

#428cbe #3b7eab #357099 #2f6386 #285574 #224761 #1b3a4e #152c3c #0e1e29 #081117

Tints of dodger blue

#65a1c9 #74aacf #84b4d4 #94bdda #a3c7df #b3d1e5 #c3daea #d2e4f0 #e2edf5 #f2f7fa

Colors that go with dodger blue

Complementary#c48255 Analogous#55c4ba Analogous#555fc4 Triadic#c45597 Triadic#97c455 Split complementary#c4555f Split complementary#c4ba55

Dodger 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 57, 23, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5597c4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 23 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 25 4 29

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.

Dodger blue in css

Copy #5597c4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5597c4; }
.text { color: #5597c4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5597c4; }

How dodger blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dodger blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5597c4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5597c4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dodger blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #5597c4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dodger blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dodger blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #5597c4 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 dodger blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #5597c4 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.