Royal blue

#5478cd

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 222 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 #5478cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5478cd

RGB84, 120, 205

HSL222, 55%, 57%

HSV222, 59%, 80%

CMYK59%, 41%, 0%, 20%

Lab51.53, 13.08, -47.94

XYZ21.39, 19.73, 60.44

Decimal5535949

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#4068c7 #365cb8 #3052a4 #2a4890 #243e7c #1e3468 #182a54 #132040 #0d162c #070c18

Tints of royal blue

#6484d2 #7391d6 #839ddb #93aadf #a3b6e4 #b2c2e9 #c2cfed #d2dbf2 #e1e8f6 #f1f4fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#cda954 Analogous#54b4cd Analogous#6c54cd Triadic#cd5478 Triadic#78cd54 Split complementary#cd6c54 Split complementary#b4cd54

Royal blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 59, 41, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5478cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 41 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 42 4 26

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 #5478cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5478cd; }
.text { color: #5478cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5478cd; }

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 #5478cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5478cd 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 #5478cd 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 #5478cd 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 #5478cd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.