Royal blue

#495bde

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

This is Royal blue, a strong blue at 233 degrees. 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 #495bde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#495bde

RGB73, 91, 222

HSL233, 69%, 58%

HSV233, 67%, 87%

CMYK67%, 59%, 0%, 13%

Lab44.48, 35.08, -69.0

XYZ19.67, 14.17, 70.81

Decimal4807646

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#3347da #2539cd #2133b7 #1d2da0 #19278a #152073 #111a5d #0d1447 #090e30 #05071a

Tints of royal blue

#5a6ae1 #6a79e4 #7b88e7 #8c97ea #9ca6ed #adb5f0 #bec4f3 #cfd3f6 #dfe2f9 #f0f1fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#decc49 Analogous#49a6de Analogous#8149de Triadic#de495b Triadic#5bde49 Split complementary#de8149 Split complementary#a6de49

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 67, 59, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #495bde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

67 59 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

66 58 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 #495bde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #495bde; }
.text { color: #495bde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #495bde; }

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 #495bde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #495bde 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 #495bde 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 #495bde 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 #495bde 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. 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.