Royal blue

#416ebd

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

Hex#416ebd

RGB65, 110, 189

HSL218, 49%, 50%

HSV218, 66%, 74%

CMYK66%, 42%, 0%, 26%

Lab46.91, 10.23, -46.18

XYZ16.94, 15.95, 50.33

Decimal4288189

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#3b64ac #365b9c #30518b #2a477b #243e6a #1f3459 #192a49 #132138 #0e1727 #080d17

Tints of royal blue

#527bc4 #6489ca #7696d0 #87a4d6 #99b1dc #abbfe2 #bdcce8 #cedaee #e0e7f4 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bd9041 Analogous#41acbd Analogous#5241bd Triadic#bd416e Triadic#6ebd41 Split complementary#bd5241 Split complementary#acbd41

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, 42, 0, 26.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 42 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 43 4 32

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 #416ebd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #416ebd 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 #416ebd 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 #416ebd 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 #416ebd 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.