Royal blue

#4e6fde

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 226 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 #4e6fde, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e6fde

RGB78, 111, 222

HSL226, 69%, 59%

HSV226, 65%, 87%

CMYK65%, 50%, 0%, 13%

Lab49.81, 23.37, -60.35

XYZ22.01, 18.26, 71.47

Decimal5140446

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#375dda #274dcf #2245b9 #1e3ca2 #1a348b #162b75 #12235e #0d1b47 #091230 #050a1a

Tints of royal blue

#5e7ce1 #6e89e4 #7f97e7 #8fa4ea #9fb1ed #afbef0 #bfcbf3 #d0d8f6 #e0e6f9 #f0f3fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#debd4e Analogous#4eb7de Analogous#754ede Triadic#de4e6f Triadic#6fde4e Split complementary#de754e Split complementary#b7de4e

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 65, 50, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e6fde on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 50 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 50 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 #4e6fde straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e6fde; }
.text { color: #4e6fde; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e6fde; }

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 #4e6fde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e6fde 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 #4e6fde 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 #4e6fde 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 #4e6fde 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.