Royal blue

#365eae

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 balanced. 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 #365eae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#365eae

RGB54, 94, 174

HSL220, 53%, 45%

HSV220, 69%, 68%

CMYK69%, 46%, 0%, 32%

Lab40.97, 13.13, -46.94

XYZ13.16, 11.85, 41.64

Decimal3563182

Web safe#336699

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#31569f #2d4e90 #284681 #233d72 #1f3563 #1a2d54 #152545 #111d35 #0c1526 #070d17

Tints of royal blue

#3c69c2 #5078c9 #6488cf #7897d5 #8da7db #a1b6e2 #b5c6e8 #c9d5ee #dde5f5 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ae8636 Analogous#369aae Analogous#4a36ae Triadic#ae365e Triadic#5eae36 Split complementary#ae4a36 Split complementary#9aae36

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 69, 46, 0, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #365eae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

69 46 0 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Royal blue in css

Copy #365eae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #365eae; }
.text { color: #365eae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #365eae; }

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 #365eae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #365eae 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 #365eae 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 #365eae 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 #365eae 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.