Royal blue

#305eae

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, deep and strong. 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 #305eae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#305eae

RGB48, 94, 174

HSL218, 57%, 44%

HSV218, 72%, 68%

CMYK72%, 46%, 0%, 32%

Lab40.72, 12.22, -47.36

XYZ12.86, 11.69, 41.62

Decimal3169966

Web safe#336699

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#2c569f #284e90 #244681 #1f3e72 #1b3563 #172d54 #132545 #0f1d36 #0b1527 #070d18

Tints of royal blue

#3669c3 #4878cc #5d88d2 #7297d8 #87a7de #9cb6e4 #b1c6ea #c7d6ef #dce5f5 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ae8030 Analogous#309dae Analogous#4130ae Triadic#ae305e Triadic#5eae30 Split complementary#ae4130 Split complementary#9dae30

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 72, 46, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #305eae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 46 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 46 4 38

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 #305eae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #305eae; }
.text { color: #305eae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #305eae; }

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 #305eae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #305eae 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 #305eae 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 #305eae 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

Every value on this page for #305eae is computed, not guessed. 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.