Royal blue

#34569f

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

Royal blue is a deep blue that reads rich. 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 #34569f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#34569f

RGB52, 86, 159

HSL221, 51%, 41%

HSV221, 67%, 62%

CMYK67%, 46%, 0%, 38%

Lab37.64, 12.46, -43.37

XYZ11.0, 9.89, 34.13

Decimal3430047

Web safe#336699

Pantone653 C

Shades of royal blue

#304f91 #2b4784 #274076 #223969 #1e315b #192a4d #152340 #101b32 #0c1425 #080c17

Tints of royal blue

#3b61b4 #486fc3 #5d80ca #7290d1 #88a1d8 #9db2df #b2c2e6 #c7d3ed #dce4f4 #f2f4fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#9f7d34 Analogous#348c9f Analogous#47349f Triadic#9f3456 Triadic#569f34 Split complementary#9f4734 Split complementary#8b9f34

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 67, 46, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #34569f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 46 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 46 4 44

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 #34569f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #34569f; }
.text { color: #34569f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #34569f; }

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 #34569f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #34569f 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 #34569f 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 #34569f 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 #34569f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.