Royal blue

#3f6aa9

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #3f6aa9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3f6aa9

RGB63, 106, 169

HSL216, 46%, 45%

HSV216, 63%, 66%

CMYK63%, 37%, 0%, 34%

Lab44.56, 5.3, -38.26

XYZ14.37, 14.23, 39.53

Decimal4156073

Web safe#336699

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#3a619a #34588c #2f4e7d #29456e #243c60 #1e3351 #192a42 #132034 #0e1725 #080e16

Tints of royal blue

#4776bb #5a84c2 #6d92c9 #80a1d0 #93afd7 #a6bdde #b9cbe5 #ccd9ec #dfe7f3 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#a97e3f Analogous#3f9fa9 Analogous#493fa9 Triadic#a93f6a Triadic#6aa93f Split complementary#a9493f Split complementary#9fa93f

Royal blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 63, 37, 0, 34.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3f6aa9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 37 0 34

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 38 4 40

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 #3f6aa9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3f6aa9; }
.text { color: #3f6aa9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3f6aa9; }

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 #3f6aa9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3f6aa9 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 #3f6aa9 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 #3f6aa9 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 #3f6aa9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.