Royal blue

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #496bbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Shades of royal blue

Tints of royal blue

Colors that go with royal blue

Royal blue in print

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

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 #496bbe straight into your stylesheet.

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

How royal blue looks on light and dark

Royal blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #496bbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #496bbe 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 #496bbe sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

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 #496bbe and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

How we calculate these values