Royal blue

#175cec

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 #175cec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#175cec

RGB23, 92, 236

HSL221, 85%, 51%

HSV221, 90%, 93%

CMYK90%, 61%, 0%, 7%

Lab44.08, 35.03, -77.65

XYZ19.32, 13.89, 81.02

Decimal1531116

Web safe#0066ff

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#1253da #104bc5 #0e43b0 #0d3b9b #0b3386 #092b71 #08235c #061b47 #041331 #020b1c

Tints of royal blue

#2d6bee #427af0 #5889f1 #6d99f3 #83a8f5 #98b7f7 #aec6f8 #c3d5fa #d9e4fc #eff3fe

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#eca717 Analogous#17c7ec Analogous#3c17ec Triadic#ec175c Triadic#5cec17 Split complementary#ec3c17 Split complementary#c7ec17

Royal blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 90, 61, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #175cec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

90 61 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

87 60 4 13

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 #175cec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #175cec; }
.text { color: #175cec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #175cec; }

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 #175cec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #175cec 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 #175cec 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 #175cec 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 #175cec 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.