Royal blue

#276db7

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 #276db7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#276db7

RGB39, 109, 183

HSL211, 65%, 44%

HSV211, 79%, 72%

CMYK79%, 40%, 0%, 28%

Lab45.34, 4.91, -45.25

XYZ14.85, 14.79, 46.87

Decimal2583991

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone300 C

Shades of royal blue

#2464a7 #205a97 #1d5188 #1a4778 #163e68 #133558 #0f2b49 #0c2239 #091829 #050f19

Tints of royal blue

#2c7acd #3e88d6 #5496db #6ba3df #81b1e4 #97bfe9 #adcdee #c4daf2 #dae8f7 #f0f6fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#b77127 Analogous#27b5b7 Analogous#2927b7 Triadic#b7276d Triadic#6db727 Split complementary#b72927 Split complementary#b5b727

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 79, 40, 0, 28.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #276db7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 40 0 28

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 41 4 34

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 #276db7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #276db7; }
.text { color: #276db7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #276db7; }

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 #276db7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #276db7 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 #276db7 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 #276db7 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 #276db7 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.