Royal blue

#2f78fc

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 219 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 #2f78fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2f78fc

RGB47, 120, 252

HSL219, 97%, 59%

HSV219, 81%, 99%

CMYK81%, 52%, 0%, 1%

Lab53.02, 24.8, -71.99

XYZ25.46, 21.07, 94.82

Decimal3111164

Web safe#3366ff

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#1567fc #0358f2 #034fd7 #0345bd #023ba2 #023288 #02286e #011e53 #011539 #000b1e

Tints of royal blue

#4284fc #5591fd #689dfd #7ba9fd #8eb6fd #a1c2fe #b4cffe #c7dbfe #dae7fe #edf4ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#fcb32f Analogous#2fdffc Analogous#4c2ffc Triadic#fc2f78 Triadic#78fc2f Split complementary#fc4d2f Split complementary#dffc2f

Royal blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 81, 52, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2f78fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

81 52 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

79 52 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 #2f78fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2f78fc; }
.text { color: #2f78fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2f78fc; }

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 #2f78fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2f78fc 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 #2f78fc 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 #2f78fc 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 #2f78fc are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.