Royal blue

#596ade

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 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 #596ade, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#596ade

RGB89, 106, 222

HSL232, 67%, 61%

HSV232, 60%, 87%

CMYK60%, 52%, 0%, 13%

Lab49.14, 28.35, -61.4

XYZ22.46, 17.71, 71.34

Decimal5860062

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#4255d9 #2a40d5 #2639bd #2132a6 #1c2b8e #182477 #131d60 #0e1648 #0a0f31 #05081a

Tints of royal blue

#6878e1 #7785e4 #8693e7 #95a0ea #a5aeed #b4bbf0 #c3c9f3 #d2d7f6 #e1e4f9 #f0f2fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#decd59 Analogous#59adde Analogous#8a59de Triadic#de596a Triadic#6ade59 Split complementary#de8a59 Split complementary#adde59

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 60, 52, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #596ade on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

60 52 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

59 52 4 19

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #596ade straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #596ade; }
.text { color: #596ade; }
.border { border: 2px solid #596ade; }

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 #596ade against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #596ade against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Royal blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #596ade 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn royal blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #596ade 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 #596ade are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.