Royal blue

#2b5fff

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for royal blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Royal blue, a vivid blue at 225 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #2b5fff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2b5fff

RGB43, 95, 255

HSL225, 100%, 58%

HSV225, 83%, 100%

CMYK83%, 63%, 0%, 0%

Lab46.87, 41.22, -83.69

XYZ23.14, 15.92, 96.46

Decimal2842623

Web safe#3366ff

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#104bff #003cf5 #0035da #002fbf #0028a4 #00228a #001b6f #001554 #000e39 #00081f

Tints of royal blue

#3e6eff #527cff #658bff #799aff #8ca8ff #9fb7ff #b3c6ff #c6d4ff #dae3ff #edf2ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ffcb2b Analogous#2bc9ff Analogous#612bff Triadic#ff2b5f Triadic#5fff2b Split complementary#ff612b Split complementary#c9ff2b

Royal blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 83, 63, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2b5fff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

83 63 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

80 62 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #2b5fff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2b5fff; }
.text { color: #2b5fff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2b5fff; }

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 #2b5fff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2b5fff 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 #2b5fff 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 #2b5fff 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 #2b5fff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.