Royal blue

#396486

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 #396486, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#396486

RGB57, 100, 134

HSL206, 40%, 37%

HSV206, 57%, 53%

CMYK57%, 25%, 0%, 47%

Lab40.74, -4.31, -23.41

XYZ10.55, 11.71, 24.26

Decimal3761286

Web safe#336699

Pantone5405 C

Shades of royal blue

#345c7b #2f536f #2b4b64 #264259 #213a4e #1c3242 #172937 #13212c #0e1821 #091015

Tints of royal blue

#42749b #4b84b0 #5f92bb #74a0c4 #89afcd #9ebdd6 #b3cbdf #c8dae8 #dde8f1 #f2f6fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#865b39 Analogous#398682 Analogous#393d86 Triadic#863964 Triadic#648639 Split complementary#86393d Split complementary#868239

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 57, 25, 0, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #396486 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 25 0 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 27 4 53

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 #396486 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #396486; }
.text { color: #396486; }
.border { border: 2px solid #396486; }

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 #396486 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #396486 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 #396486 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 #396486 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 #396486 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.