Royal blue

#0272e6

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

This is Royal blue, a vivid blue at 211 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #0272e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#0272e6

RGB2, 114, 230

HSL211, 98%, 45%

HSV211, 99%, 90%

CMYK99%, 50%, 0%, 10%

Lab49.2, 17.94, -65.93

XYZ20.33, 17.76, 77.22

Decimal160486

Web safe#0066ff

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#0268d2 #025ebe #0154aa #014a96 #014182 #01376e #012d5a #012346 #001932 #000f1e

Tints of royal blue

#057ffd #1f8cfd #3999fd #53a7fe #6cb4fe #86c1fe #a0cefe #badbfe #d4e9ff #edf6ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#e67602 Analogous#02e4e6 Analogous#0402e6 Triadic#e60272 Triadic#72e602 Split complementary#e60402 Split complementary#e4e602

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 99, 50, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #0272e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

99 50 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

95 50 4 16

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #0272e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #0272e6; }
.text { color: #0272e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #0272e6; }

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 #0272e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #0272e6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Royal blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #0272e6 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn royal blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #0272e6 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

The figures for #0272e6 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. 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.