Royal blue

#486ddf

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 #486ddf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#486ddf

RGB72, 109, 223

HSL225, 70%, 58%

HSV225, 68%, 87%

CMYK68%, 51%, 0%, 13%

Lab49.06, 24.03, -62.14

XYZ21.46, 17.64, 72.09

Decimal4746719

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#315bdb #244ece #2045b8 #1c3da1 #18348b #142c74 #10235e #0c1b47 #081231 #050a1a

Tints of royal blue

#597ae2 #6a88e5 #7a95e8 #8ba3eb #9cb0ee #adbdf1 #bdcbf4 #ced8f6 #dfe5f9 #f0f3fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#dfba48 Analogous#48b9df Analogous#6e48df Triadic#df486d Triadic#6ddf48 Split complementary#df6e48 Split complementary#b9df48

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 68, 51, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #486ddf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 51 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 51 4 19

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 #486ddf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #486ddf; }
.text { color: #486ddf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #486ddf; }

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 #486ddf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #486ddf 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 #486ddf 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 #486ddf 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 #486ddf 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 uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.