Royal blue

#2757b6

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #2757b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2757b6

RGB39, 87, 182

HSL220, 65%, 43%

HSV220, 79%, 71%

CMYK79%, 52%, 0%, 29%

Lab38.94, 18.72, -54.95

XYZ12.69, 10.63, 45.64

Decimal2578358

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone293 C

Shades of royal blue

#2450a6 #204897 #1d4187 #1a3977 #163268 #132a58 #0f2348 #0c1b39 #091429 #050c19

Tints of royal blue

#2c62cc #3e71d6 #5481da #6a92df #81a2e4 #97b2e9 #adc3ed #c4d3f2 #dae4f7 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#b68627 Analogous#279fb6 Analogous#3e27b6 Triadic#b62757 Triadic#57b627 Split complementary#b63e27 Split complementary#9fb627

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 79, 52, 0, 29.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2757b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 52 0 29

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 52 4 35

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 #2757b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2757b6; }
.text { color: #2757b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2757b6; }

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 #2757b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2757b6 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 #2757b6 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 #2757b6 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 #2757b6 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.