Royal blue

#476bbc

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 #476bbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#476bbc

RGB71, 107, 188

HSL222, 47%, 51%

HSV222, 62%, 74%

CMYK62%, 43%, 0%, 26%

Lab46.29, 12.84, -46.56

XYZ16.93, 15.49, 49.67

Decimal4680636

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#3f61ad #39589c #334e8c #2d457b #273b6a #213259 #1a2949 #141f38 #0e1627 #080d16

Tints of royal blue

#5879c2 #6986c8 #7a94cf #8ba2d5 #9cb0db #aebde1 #bfcbe8 #d0d9ee #e1e7f4 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bc9847 Analogous#47a5bc Analogous#5e47bc Triadic#bc476b Triadic#6bbc47 Split complementary#bc5e47 Split complementary#a5bc47

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 62, 43, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #476bbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 43 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 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 #476bbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #476bbc; }
.text { color: #476bbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #476bbc; }

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 #476bbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #476bbc 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 #476bbc 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 #476bbc 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

Here is how the numbers for #476bbc 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.