Royal blue

#496ad6

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 strong. 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 #496ad6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#496ad6

RGB73, 106, 214

HSL226, 63%, 56%

HSV226, 66%, 84%

CMYK66%, 50%, 0%, 16%

Lab47.73, 22.91, -59.19

XYZ20.04, 16.58, 65.76

Decimal4811478

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#3459d1 #2b4ec0 #2746ab #223d97 #1d3582 #182c6d #142458 #0f1b43 #0a132e #060a19

Tints of royal blue

#5a78da #6a85de #7b93e1 #8ca1e5 #9dafe9 #adbced #becaf0 #cfd8f4 #e0e5f8 #f0f3fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#d6b549 Analogous#49b0d6 Analogous#6f49d6 Triadic#d6496a Triadic#6ad649 Split complementary#d66e49 Split complementary#b1d649

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 66, 50, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #496ad6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

66 50 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

65 50 4 22

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #496ad6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #496ad6; }
.text { color: #496ad6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #496ad6; }

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 #496ad6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #496ad6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Royal blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #496ad6 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn royal blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #496ad6 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 #496ad6 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 coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.