Royal blue

#596be5

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 confident. 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 #596be5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#596be5

RGB89, 107, 229

HSL232, 73%, 62%

HSV232, 61%, 90%

CMYK61%, 53%, 0%, 10%

Lab49.85, 30.06, -64.2

XYZ23.52, 18.3, 76.42

Decimal5860325

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#4055e1 #273fdd #1f35c8 #1b2fb0 #182897 #14217e #101b65 #0c144c #080e33 #04071a

Tints of royal blue

#6878e7 #7786ea #8693ec #95a1ee #a4aef1 #b3bcf3 #c2c9f6 #d1d6f8 #e1e4fa #f0f1fd

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#e5d359 Analogous#59b1e5 Analogous#8d59e5 Triadic#e5596b Triadic#6be559 Split complementary#e58d59 Split complementary#b1e559

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 61, 53, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #596be5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 53 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 53 4 16

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 #596be5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #596be5; }
.text { color: #596be5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #596be5; }

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 #596be5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #596be5 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 #596be5 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 #596be5 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

Every value on this page for #596be5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.