Royal blue

#3260bb

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 220 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 #3260bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3260bb

RGB50, 96, 187

HSL220, 58%, 46%

HSV220, 73%, 73%

CMYK73%, 49%, 0%, 27%

Lab42.2, 16.09, -52.59

XYZ14.47, 12.63, 48.69

Decimal3301563

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#2e58ab #294f9a #25478a #213f7a #1c366a #182e59 #142549 #0f1d39 #0b1528 #060c18

Tints of royal blue

#3c6ccb #507bd0 #648ad6 #7899db #8ca8e0 #a0b8e6 #b5c7eb #c9d6f0 #dde5f6 #f1f4fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bb8d32 Analogous#32a4bb Analogous#4932bb Triadic#bb3260 Triadic#60bb32 Split complementary#bb4932 Split complementary#a4bb32

Royal blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 73, 49, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3260bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 49 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 49 4 33

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 #3260bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3260bb; }
.text { color: #3260bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3260bb; }

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 #3260bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3260bb 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 #3260bb 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 #3260bb 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 #3260bb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.