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RGB to CMYK Logo change issue

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November 18, 2020
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I'm currently creating a logo pack, I've designed the logo in RGB format and now I want to take into CMYK versions.

The problem I'm having is that when putting my RGB colour through an RGB to CMYK colour converter, the shown colour on the converter website looks right, but when taking it into illustrator, it is then turning the colour from a teal to blue?

The RGB colour is: #3E9E9F

Examples:
1. How the colour looks fine in RGB

2. The colour loss when adding in the CMYK colour numbers which turns it blue, however on the converter website it does not show blue?

Do I have something set up wrong, or is there an easier way to do this?

Thankyou,

Reece

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

"Do I have something set up wrong, or is there an easier way to do this? "

Yes, just use color management.

Set up you Edit > Color Settings with a general preset for your region and use the cmyk values that you get when you enter the hex code in a CMYK document.

These online converters don't use color management and give totally wrong results.

reeced36145606Author

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Thanks for the help!

Although I just tried that, and although it looked fine on screen I just tried a test print to see if it worked and to print came out blue, unfortunately.

I think I need to find out a way to match a CMYK colour as close to my RGB teal as possible

Monika Gause

Community Expert

You tried out? On your desktop inkjet printer?

You can't compare that to offset printing.

What will be the final production method?

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Just forget about those online converters.

The vast majority are just crap.

reeced36145606Author

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Yes, I'm quickly finding that out I must admit.

I was just trying to find a way to quickly and accurately convert my RGB logo designs to Printable CMYK files for clients to print without huge colour loss.

Doug A Roberts

Community Expert

What colour profile are you using? What colour profile is the online converter trying to simulate?

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