Royal blue

#044ac2

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

Royal blue is a deep blue that reads rich. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #044ac2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#044ac2

RGB4, 74, 194

HSL218, 96%, 39%

HSV218, 98%, 76%

CMYK98%, 62%, 0%, 24%

Lab35.63, 29.92, -67.41

XYZ12.24, 8.82, 52.1

Decimal281282

Web safe#0033cc

Pantone293 C

Shades of royal blue

#0444b2 #033da1 #033791 #033180 #022b70 #022460 #021e4f #01183f #01122e #010b1e

Tints of royal blue

#0555df #0760fa #2473fa #4185fb #5d98fc #7aaafc #97bdfd #b4cffd #d1e1fe #eef4ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#c27c04 Analogous#04a9c2 Analogous#1d04c2 Triadic#c2044a Triadic#4ac204 Split complementary#c21d04 Split complementary#a9c204

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 98, 62, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #044ac2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

98 62 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

94 61 4 30

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 #044ac2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #044ac2; }
.text { color: #044ac2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #044ac2; }

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 #044ac2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #044ac2 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 #044ac2 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 #044ac2 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

Here is how the numbers for #044ac2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.