Royal blue

#455c8f

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

Royal blue is a deep blue that reads serious. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #455c8f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#455c8f

RGB69, 92, 143

HSL221, 35%, 42%

HSV221, 52%, 56%

CMYK52%, 36%, 0%, 44%

Lab39.42, 6.55, -30.87

XYZ11.24, 10.9, 27.5

Decimal4545679

Web safe#336699

Pantone653 C

Shades of royal blue

#3f5483 #394c77 #33446a #2d3d5e #273552 #222d46 #1c2539 #161d2d #101521 #0a0d15

Tints of royal blue

#4e68a2 #5c76b0 #6f86b9 #8296c2 #94a6cc #a7b5d5 #bac5de #cdd5e7 #e0e5f0 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#8f7845 Analogous#45818f Analogous#53458f Triadic#8f455c Triadic#5c8f45 Split complementary#8f5345 Split complementary#818f45

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 52, 36, 0, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #455c8f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 36 0 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 37 4 50

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 #455c8f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #455c8f; }
.text { color: #455c8f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #455c8f; }

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 #455c8f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #455c8f 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 #455c8f 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 #455c8f 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

Every value on this page for #455c8f is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.