Royal blue

#285bbc

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 strong. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #285bbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#285bbc

RGB40, 91, 188

HSL219, 65%, 45%

HSV219, 79%, 74%

CMYK79%, 52%, 0%, 26%

Lab40.51, 18.52, -55.92

XYZ13.69, 11.56, 49.09

Decimal2644924

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#2553ac #214b9b #1e438b #1a3b7b #17346b #132c5a #10244a #0c1c3a #09142a #050c19

Tints of royal blue

#2d66d2 #4275d7 #5885db #6e95e0 #83a5e5 #99b5e9 #afc5ee #c5d5f3 #dbe4f7 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bc8928 Analogous#28a5bc Analogous#3f28bc Triadic#bc285b Triadic#5bbc28 Split complementary#bc3f28 Split complementary#a5bc28

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, 52, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #285bbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 52 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 52 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 #285bbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #285bbc; }
.text { color: #285bbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #285bbc; }

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 #285bbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #285bbc 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 #285bbc 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 #285bbc 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 #285bbc are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.