Royal blue

#2e53fd

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

Royal blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #2e53fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e53fd

RGB46, 83, 253

HSL229, 98%, 59%

HSV229, 82%, 99%

CMYK82%, 67%, 0%, 1%

Lab44.03, 48.01, -87.24

XYZ21.95, 13.86, 94.45

Decimal3036157

Web safe#3366ff

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#133dfd #022df3 #0228d8 #0223be #021ea3 #011989 #01156e #011053 #010b39 #00061e

Tints of royal blue

#4163fd #5472fd #6782fe #7b92fe #8ea2fe #a1b1fe #b4c1fe #c7d1fe #dae1ff #edf0ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#fdd82e Analogous#2ebafd Analogous#712efd Triadic#fd2e53 Triadic#53fd2e Split complementary#fd712e Split complementary#bafd2e

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 82, 67, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e53fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

82 67 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 66 4 7

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 #2e53fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e53fd; }
.text { color: #2e53fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e53fd; }

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 #2e53fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e53fd 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 #2e53fd 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 #2e53fd 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 #2e53fd 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.