Royal blue

#1f68a6

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 serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #1f68a6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1f68a6

RGB31, 104, 166

HSL208, 69%, 39%

HSV208, 81%, 65%

CMYK81%, 37%, 0%, 35%

Lab42.68, 0.65, -39.54

XYZ12.4, 12.95, 37.92

Decimal2058406

Web safe#336699

Pantone301 C

Shades of royal blue

#1c5f98 #1a568a #174e7c #15456e #123c60 #0f3352 #0d2b44 #0a2236 #071928 #05101a

Tints of royal blue

#2478bf #2987d7 #4295dc #5ba3e0 #74b1e5 #8cbfea #a5cdee #bedbf3 #d7e9f8 #f0f7fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#a65d1f Analogous#1fa6a1 Analogous#1f24a6 Triadic#a61f68 Triadic#68a61f Split complementary#a61f24 Split complementary#a6a11f

Royal blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 81, 37, 0, 35.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1f68a6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 37 0 35

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 38 4 41

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #1f68a6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1f68a6; }
.text { color: #1f68a6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1f68a6; }

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 #1f68a6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1f68a6 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 #1f68a6 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 #1f68a6 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 #1f68a6 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.