Royal blue

#415ec6

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

Royal blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #415ec6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#415ec6

RGB65, 94, 198

HSL227, 54%, 52%

HSV227, 67%, 78%

CMYK67%, 53%, 0%, 22%

Lab43.07, 23.6, -57.54

XYZ16.38, 13.21, 55.11

Decimal4284102

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#3753b8 #324ba7 #2d4395 #273b83 #223371 #1d2b5f #17234d #121b3b #0c1329 #070b18

Tints of royal blue

#536dcb #647cd1 #768bd6 #889adb #99a9e0 #abb8e6 #bcc7eb #ced5f0 #e0e4f6 #f1f3fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#c6a941 Analogous#41a0c6 Analogous#6741c6 Triadic#c6415e Triadic#5ec641 Split complementary#c66741 Split complementary#a0c641

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 67, 53, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #415ec6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 53 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 53 4 28

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 #415ec6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #415ec6; }
.text { color: #415ec6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #415ec6; }

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 #415ec6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #415ec6 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 #415ec6 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 #415ec6 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 #415ec6 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.