What color is Medium Blue?
Medium blue is a strong, pure blue with no visible lean toward green or purple, hex #0000CD, similar in tone to a clear midday sky. It is deeper than cornflower blue but not as dark as navy, giving it a bold, saturated look.
What is the meaning of the color Medium Blue?
The name medium blue emerged as a practical descriptive term in early 20th-century commercial color systems, used to distinguish this tone from lighter sky blues and darker navies. Blue had long been associated with authority and trust in Western institutional design, and this particular depth was adopted by government and corporate identity work throughout the mid-1900s. IBM made this range of blue so central to its brand identity from the 1960s onward that the company became known as Big Blue, anchoring medium blue firmly in the language of technology and corporate reliability.
What colors go with Medium Blue?
Colors that pair well with Medium blue include:
White: clean, high contrast
Light gray: soft, balanced backdrop
Warm gold: rich complementary warmth
Navy: deep tonal layering
Coral: bright, lively contrast
Similar Colors
Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #0000CD |
color: #0000CD;
|
| RGB | 0, 0, 205 |
color: rgb(0, 0, 205);
|
| RGB Percentage | 0%, 0%, 80% |
color: rgb(0%, 0%, 80%);
|
| CMYK | 100%, 100%, 0%, 20% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 240°, 100%, 40% |
color: hsl(240, 100%, 40%);
|
| HSV | 240°, 100%, 80% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 32, 0, -68 |
color: lab(32% 0 -68);
|
| Decimal | 205 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.medium-blue {
color: #0000CD;
}
$medium-blue: #0000CD;
rgb(0, 0, 205)