Royal blue

#3163ac

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

This is Royal blue, a strong blue at 216 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #3163ac, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3163ac

RGB49, 99, 172

HSL216, 56%, 43%

HSV216, 72%, 67%

CMYK72%, 42%, 0%, 33%

Lab42.09, 8.4, -43.99

XYZ13.17, 12.56, 40.76

Decimal3236780

Web safe#336699

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#2d5a9d #29528e #244980 #204171 #1c3862 #183053 #132744 #0f1f35 #0b1627 #070e18

Tints of royal blue

#376fc1 #487dcb #5d8cd1 #729bd7 #88aadd #9db9e3 #b2c8e9 #c7d7ef #dce6f5 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ac7a31 Analogous#31a1ac Analogous#3d31ac Triadic#ac3163 Triadic#63ac31 Split complementary#ac3d31 Split complementary#a1ac31

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 72, 42, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3163ac on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

72 42 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

70 43 4 39

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #3163ac straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3163ac; }
.text { color: #3163ac; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3163ac; }

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 #3163ac against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3163ac against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Royal blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #3163ac 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn royal blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #3163ac 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 #3163ac 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.