Blue

#a9a2bf

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

Blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. 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 #a9a2bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a9a2bf

RGB169, 162, 191

HSL254, 18%, 69%

HSV254, 15%, 75%

CMYK12%, 15%, 0%, 25%

Lab68.05, 8.27, -13.98

XYZ38.69, 38.04, 54.59

Decimal11117247

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone270 C

Shades of blue

#978fb2 #867ca5 #746998 #655b85 #574e72 #48415f #3a344b #2b2738 #1c1a25 #0e0c12

Tints of blue

#b1aac5 #b8b2ca #c0bbd0 #c7c3d6 #cfcbdb #d7d3e1 #dedce7 #e6e4ec #eeecf2 #f5f4f8

Colors that go with blue

Complementary#b8bfa2 Analogous#a2aabf Analogous#b8a2bf Triadic#bfa9a2 Triadic#a2bfa9 Split complementary#bfb8a2 Split complementary#aabfa2

Blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 15, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a9a2bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 15 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 18 4 31

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 #a9a2bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a9a2bf; }
.text { color: #a9a2bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a9a2bf; }

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 #a9a2bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a9a2bf 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 #a9a2bf 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 #a9a2bf 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 #a9a2bf 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. 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.