Royal blue

#4e76db

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 223 degrees. 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 #4e76db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4e76db

RGB78, 118, 219

HSL223, 66%, 58%

HSV223, 64%, 86%

CMYK64%, 46%, 0%, 14%

Lab51.49, 17.99, -55.96

XYZ22.41, 19.69, 69.64

Decimal5142235

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#3865d6 #2957cb #254db4 #20449e #1c3a88 #173172 #13275c #0e1e46 #0a1430 #050b19

Tints of royal blue

#5e83de #6e8fe2 #7f9ce5 #8fa8e8 #9fb5eb #afc1ef #c0cef2 #d0daf5 #e0e7f9 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#dbb34e Analogous#4ebcdb Analogous#6d4edb Triadic#db4e76 Triadic#76db4e Split complementary#db6d4e Split complementary#bcdb4e

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 64, 46, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4e76db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

64 46 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

63 46 4 20

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 #4e76db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4e76db; }
.text { color: #4e76db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4e76db; }

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 #4e76db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4e76db 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 #4e76db 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 #4e76db 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 #4e76db 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.