Royal blue

#456cbd

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

Royal blue is a mid blue that reads confident. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #456cbd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#456cbd

RGB69, 108, 189

HSL220, 48%, 51%

HSV220, 63%, 74%

CMYK63%, 43%, 0%, 26%

Lab46.53, 12.19, -46.77

XYZ17.0, 15.66, 50.27

Decimal4549821

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#3e62ae #38599d #324f8c #2c467b #263c6b #20335a #1a2949 #142038 #0e1627 #080d17

Tints of royal blue

#567ac3 #6887c9 #7995cf #8aa3d6 #9bb0dc #adbee2 #becce8 #cfd9ee #e1e7f4 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bd9645 Analogous#45a8bd Analogous#5a45bd Triadic#bd456c Triadic#6cbd45 Split complementary#bd5a45 Split complementary#a8bd45

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 63, 43, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #456cbd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 43 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 44 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #456cbd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #456cbd; }
.text { color: #456cbd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #456cbd; }

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 #456cbd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #456cbd 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 #456cbd 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 #456cbd 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 #456cbd 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.