Blue

#9287b5

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

This is Blue, a muted blue at 254 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Blue color values

Every conversion for #9287b5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9287b5

RGB146, 135, 181

HSL254, 24%, 62%

HSV254, 25%, 71%

CMYK19%, 25%, 0%, 29%

Lab58.77, 13.79, -22.63

XYZ28.86, 26.78, 47.36

Decimal9602997

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone271 C

Shades of blue

#8275aa #72649f #65588f #584d7d #4c426b #3f375a #332c48 #262136 #1a1725 #0d0c13

Tints of blue

#9c92bc #a69dc2 #b0a8c9 #bab3d0 #c3bdd7 #cdc8dd #d7d3e4 #e1deeb #ebe9f1 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#aab587 Analogous#8793b5 Analogous#a987b5 Triadic#b59287 Triadic#87b592 Split complementary#b5a987 Split complementary#93b587

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 19, 25, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9287b5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 25 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 27 4 35

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.

Blue in css

Copy #9287b5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9287b5; }
.text { color: #9287b5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9287b5; }

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 #9287b5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9287b5 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 #9287b5 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 #9287b5 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

Every value on this page for #9287b5 is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.