Royal blue

#0074fc

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

Royal blue sits in the blue band, mid and vivid. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #0074fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0074fc

RGB0, 116, 252

HSL212, 100%, 49%

HSV212, 100%, 99%

CMYK100%, 54%, 0%, 1%

Lab51.29, 25.18, -74.83

XYZ23.82, 19.52, 94.61

Decimal29948

Web safe#0066ff

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#006ae6 #0060d0 #0055ba #004ba3 #00418d #003777 #002d61 #00224b #001835 #000e1f

Tints of royal blue

#1581ff #2d8eff #459bff #5da8ff #75b5ff #8dc2ff #a5ceff #bddbff #d5e8ff #edf5ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#fc8800 Analogous#00f2fc Analogous#0a00fc Triadic#fc0074 Triadic#74fc00 Split complementary#fc0a00 Split complementary#f2fc00

Royal blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 100, 54, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0074fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

100 54 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

96 54 4 7

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #0074fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0074fc; }
.text { color: #0074fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0074fc; }

How royal blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Royal blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #0074fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0074fc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Royal blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #0074fc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around royal blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn royal blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #0074fc 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 royal blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #0074fc 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.