Royal blue

#416dbf

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 219 degrees. 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 #416dbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#416dbf

RGB65, 109, 191

HSL219, 50%, 50%

HSV219, 66%, 75%

CMYK66%, 43%, 0%, 25%

Lab46.74, 11.57, -47.6

XYZ17.05, 15.82, 51.45

Decimal4287935

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#3b63af #355a9e #2f508d #2a477c #243d6b #1e335a #192a49 #132039 #0d1728 #080d17

Tints of royal blue

#537bc5 #6488cb #7696d1 #88a3d7 #99b1dd #abbee3 #bdcce9 #cedaef #e0e7f5 #f2f5fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bf9341 Analogous#41acbf Analogous#5441bf Triadic#bf416d Triadic#6dbf41 Split complementary#bf5441 Split complementary#acbf41

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 66, 43, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #416dbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 43 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 44 4 31

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 #416dbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #416dbf; }
.text { color: #416dbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #416dbf; }

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 #416dbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #416dbf 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 #416dbf 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 #416dbf 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 #416dbf 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.