Blue

#5e21de

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 strong. 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 #5e21de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e21de

RGB94, 33, 222

HSL259, 74%, 50%

HSV259, 85%, 87%

CMYK58%, 85%, 0%, 13%

Lab35.48, 67.05, -83.71

XYZ18.34, 8.74, 69.83

Decimal6169054

Web safe#6633cc

Pantone2736 C

Shades of blue

#561eca #4d1bb7 #4518a3 #3d1590 #35127c #2c1069 #240d55 #1c0a42 #14072e #0b041b

Tints of blue

#6d36e1 #7c4ae4 #8b5fe7 #9a74ea #a988ed #b89df0 #c7b2f3 #d6c6f7 #e5dbfa #f4effd

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#a1de21 Analogous#2142de Analogous#bd21de Triadic#de5e21 Triadic#21de5e Split complementary#debd21 Split complementary#42de21

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 58, 85, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e21de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 85 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 82 4 19

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 #5e21de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e21de; }
.text { color: #5e21de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e21de; }

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 #5e21de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e21de 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 #5e21de 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 #5e21de 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

The figures for #5e21de come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.