Royal blue

#435eba

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 #435eba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#435eba

RGB67, 94, 186

HSL226, 47%, 50%

HSV226, 64%, 73%

CMYK64%, 49%, 0%, 27%

Lab42.37, 19.66, -51.69

XYZ15.18, 12.74, 48.11

Decimal4415162

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone660 C

Shades of royal blue

#3d56aa #374d99 #314589 #2b3d79 #263568 #202c58 #1a2448 #141c37 #0e1427 #080b16

Tints of royal blue

#546dc1 #657cc8 #778bce #889ad4 #9aa9db #acb8e1 #bdc7e7 #cfd6ee #e0e5f4 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ba9f43 Analogous#4399ba Analogous#6443ba Triadic#ba435e Triadic#5eba43 Split complementary#ba6443 Split complementary#99ba43

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 64, 49, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #435eba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 49 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 49 4 33

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 #435eba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #435eba; }
.text { color: #435eba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #435eba; }

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 #435eba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #435eba 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 #435eba 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 #435eba 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #435eba are worked out. 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.