Royal blue

#286294

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 weighty. 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 #286294, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#286294

RGB40, 98, 148

HSL208, 57%, 37%

HSV208, 73%, 58%

CMYK73%, 34%, 0%, 42%

Lab40.12, -1.32, -32.86

XYZ10.59, 11.32, 29.64

Decimal2646676

Web safe#336699

Pantone301 C

Shades of royal blue

#255a88 #21527b #1e496f #1b4162 #173956 #14314a #11293d #0d2031 #0a1824 #071018

Tints of royal blue

#2e72ac #3582c4 #4991ce #619fd4 #79aedb #91bce1 #a9cbe8 #c1d9ee #d9e8f5 #f1f6fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#945a28 Analogous#289490 Analogous#282c94 Triadic#942862 Triadic#629428 Split complementary#94282c Split complementary#949028

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 73, 34, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #286294 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 34 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 35 4 48

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 #286294 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #286294; }
.text { color: #286294; }
.border { border: 2px solid #286294; }

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 #286294 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #286294 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 #286294 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 #286294 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

The figures for #286294 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.