Royal blue

#5e6aca

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 soft. 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 #5e6aca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5e6aca
RGB94, 106, 202
HSL233, 50%, 58%
HSV233, 53%, 79%
CMYK53%, 48%, 0%, 21%
Lab48.2, 22.79, -51.5
XYZ20.43, 16.95, 58.07
Decimal6187722
Web safe#6666cc
Pantone2727 C
Pantone2727 CHex#5e6acaRgb94 106 202Cmyk53 48 0 21Lab48 23 -52Darker#262f73Deep#3844a9Lighter#979fd8

Shades of royal blue

Tints of royal blue

Colors that go with royal blue

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 53, 48, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5e6aca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
53 48 0 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
53 48 4 27
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 #5e6aca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5e6aca; }
.text { color: #5e6aca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5e6aca; }

How royal blue looks on light and dark

Royal blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #5e6aca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
4.78:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
4.39:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5e6aca 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 #5e6aca sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #5e6aca and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from royal blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #5e6aca is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.