Royal blue

#5366ee

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 vivid. 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 #5366ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5366ee

RGB83, 102, 238

HSL233, 82%, 63%

HSV233, 65%, 93%

CMYK65%, 57%, 0%, 7%

Lab48.9, 35.18, -70.81

XYZ23.75, 17.51, 83.02

Decimal5465838

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#394eeb #1e37e9 #152dd5 #1227ba #1021a0 #0d1c86 #0b166b #081151 #050b36 #03061c

Tints of royal blue

#6374f0 #7282f1 #8290f3 #919df4 #a1abf6 #b0b9f7 #c0c7f9 #d0d5fa #dfe3fc #eff1fd

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#eedb53 Analogous#53b3ee Analogous#8d53ee Triadic#ee5366 Triadic#66ee53 Split complementary#ee8d53 Split complementary#b3ee53

Royal blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 65, 57, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5366ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

65 57 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

64 56 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #5366ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5366ee; }
.text { color: #5366ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5366ee; }

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 #5366ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5366ee 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 #5366ee 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 #5366ee 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 #5366ee come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.