Royal blue

#3563fa

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

Royal blue is a mid blue that reads grounded. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #3563fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3563fa

RGB53, 99, 250

HSL226, 95%, 59%

HSV226, 79%, 98%

CMYK79%, 60%, 0%, 2%

Lab47.73, 37.71, -79.49

XYZ23.19, 16.58, 92.42

Decimal3499002

Web safe#3366ff

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#1a4ef9 #063df3 #0537d8 #0530bd #0429a3 #032288 #031c6e #021553 #010e38 #01081e

Tints of royal blue

#4771fa #5a80fb #6c8efb #7f9cfc #91aafc #a4b9fd #b6c7fd #c9d5fe #dbe3fe #eef2ff

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#facc35 Analogous#35c6fa Analogous#6935fa Triadic#fa3563 Triadic#63fa35 Split complementary#fa6a35 Split complementary#c5fa35

Royal blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 79, 60, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3563fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

79 60 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

77 59 4 8

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 #3563fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3563fa; }
.text { color: #3563fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3563fa; }

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 #3563fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3563fa 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 #3563fa 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 #3563fa 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 #3563fa 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. 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.