Royal blue

#116cbd

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, deep and vivid. 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 #116cbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#116cbd

RGB17, 108, 189

HSL208, 83%, 40%

HSV208, 91%, 74%

CMYK91%, 43%, 0%, 26%

Lab44.97, 6.08, -49.36

XYZ14.78, 14.52, 50.17

Decimal1141949

Web safe#0066cc

Pantone300 C

Shades of royal blue

#1063ad #0e5a9d #0d508d #0b477d #0a3e6d #08355c #072c4c #05223c #04192c #03101c

Tints of royal blue

#137bd7 #1d8aeb #3797ed #51a5ef #6bb2f2 #86c0f4 #a0cef6 #badbf9 #d4e9fb #eff7fe

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bd6211 Analogous#11bdb8 Analogous#1116bd Triadic#bd116c Triadic#6cbd11 Split complementary#bd1116 Split complementary#bdb811

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 91, 43, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #116cbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

91 43 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

88 44 4 32

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 #116cbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #116cbd; }
.text { color: #116cbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #116cbd; }

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 #116cbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #116cbd 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 #116cbd 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 #116cbd 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 #116cbd are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.