Royal blue

#5563bb

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

This is Royal blue, a soft blue at 232 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 #5563bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5563bb

RGB85, 99, 187

HSL232, 43%, 53%

HSV232, 55%, 73%

CMYK55%, 47%, 0%, 27%

Lab44.86, 20.36, -48.22

XYZ17.18, 14.44, 48.9

Decimal5596091

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#4755b1 #404da0 #39458f #323c7d #2b346c #242c5b #1d234a #171b38 #101327 #090b16

Tints of royal blue

#6571c1 #7480c8 #848ece #949dd4 #a4abda #b3bae1 #c3c8e7 #d3d6ed #e3e5f4 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bbad55 Analogous#5596bb Analogous#7a55bb Triadic#bb5563 Triadic#63bb55 Split complementary#bb7a55 Split complementary#96bb55

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 55, 47, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5563bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

55 47 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

55 47 4 33

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 #5563bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5563bb; }
.text { color: #5563bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5563bb; }

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 #5563bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5563bb 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 #5563bb 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 #5563bb 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 #5563bb are worked out. 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.