Royal blue

#5275d7

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

Royal blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. 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 #5275d7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5275d7

RGB82, 117, 215

HSL224, 62%, 58%

HSV224, 62%, 84%

CMYK62%, 46%, 0%, 16%

Lab51.18, 17.93, -54.18

XYZ22.11, 19.42, 66.87

Decimal5404119

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#3c64d2 #2e56c6 #294cb0 #24439b #1f3a85 #1a306f #15275a #101e44 #0b142e #060b19

Tints of royal blue

#6282db #728ede #829be2 #91a8e6 #a1b4e9 #b1c1ed #c1cef1 #d1daf4 #e1e7f8 #f1f3fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#d7b452 Analogous#52b7d7 Analogous#7252d7 Triadic#d75275 Triadic#75d752 Split complementary#d77252 Split complementary#b7d752

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 62, 46, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5275d7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 46 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 46 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #5275d7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5275d7; }
.text { color: #5275d7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5275d7; }

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 #5275d7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5275d7 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 #5275d7 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 #5275d7 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 #5275d7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.