Royal blue

#224fbc

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 strong. 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 #224fbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#224fbc

RGB34, 79, 188

HSL222, 69%, 44%

HSV222, 82%, 74%

CMYK82%, 58%, 0%, 26%

Lab37.05, 25.84, -61.56

XYZ12.53, 9.56, 48.76

Decimal2248636

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone293 C

Shades of royal blue

#1f48ac #1c419c #193b8b #16347b #132d6b #10265b #0d1f4b #0b193a #08122a #050b1a

Tints of royal blue

#2659d3 #3968db #507adf #678be3 #7d9ce8 #94aeec #abbff0 #c2d1f4 #d9e2f8 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bc8f22 Analogous#229cbc Analogous#4222bc Triadic#bc224f Triadic#4fbc22 Split complementary#bc4222 Split complementary#9cbc22

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 82, 58, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #224fbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 58 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 57 4 32

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 #224fbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #224fbc; }
.text { color: #224fbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #224fbc; }

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 #224fbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #224fbc 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 #224fbc 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 #224fbc 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

Every value on this page for #224fbc is computed, not guessed. 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.