Royal blue

#38579e

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

This is Royal blue, a soft blue at 222 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 #38579e, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#38579e

RGB56, 87, 158

HSL222, 48%, 42%

HSV222, 65%, 62%

CMYK65%, 45%, 0%, 38%

Lab38.07, 12.16, -42.08

XYZ11.21, 10.13, 33.71

Decimal3692446

Web safe#336699

Pantone653 C

Shades of royal blue

#335090 #2e4883 #2a4175 #253968 #20325a #1b2a4d #16233f #121b32 #0d1424 #080c17

Tints of royal blue

#3f62b3 #4e70c0 #6281c7 #7791cf #8ba2d6 #a0b2dd #b4c3e4 #c9d3ec #dde4f3 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#9e7f38 Analogous#388a9e Analogous#4c389e Triadic#9e3857 Triadic#579e38 Split complementary#9e4c38 Split complementary#8a9e38

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 65, 45, 0, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #38579e on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 45 0 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 45 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 #38579e straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #38579e; }
.text { color: #38579e; }
.border { border: 2px solid #38579e; }

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 #38579e against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #38579e 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 #38579e 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 #38579e 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 #38579e are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.