Comfort Colors 1717 colorway
China Blue
- Hex
- #455882
- RGB
- 69, 88, 130
- Tone
- Dark garment
- Best artwork
- Light / white ink
This hex was sampled from a photograph of the actual garment, not copied from a brand spec sheet. Comfort Colors is garment-dyed — the shirt is dyed after it is sewn — so the colour sits softer and slightly uneven, and a flat swatch from a dye chart overstates how saturated it looks in a listing.
#455882
Closest Comfort Colors 1717 colors to China Blue
If you are still choosing, these are the shades a buyer would cross-shop with it.
Comfort Colors 1717 China Blue mockups
China Blue is photographed in 2 shots of this blank. Each pack includes every colorway, so China Blue comes with all the others.
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China Blue questions
- What is the hex code for Comfort Colors 1717 China Blue?
- #455882 — RGB 69, 88, 130. It was sampled from a photograph of the garment rather than taken from a brand spec sheet, so it matches what a buyer sees in a listing photo.
- Is this the official Comfort Colors hex?
- No, and deliberately so. A brand hex describes the dye under studio conditions. This is measured from the shirt as photographed, which is the thing sitting in your listing next to your artwork.
- Should I print light or dark artwork on China Blue?
- China Blue is a dark garment, so light artwork reads best on it — white, cream and pale tones hold their edges. Dark inks disappear into it at thumbnail size, which is where most Etsy buyers decide.
- Can I use this hex in my Etsy listing graphics?
- Yes, and it is better for that than a brand hex. It came from the same photographs the mockups are rendered from, so a colour grid built from it matches the mockups sitting beside it in the listing.