Royal blue

#5f71bf

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #5f71bf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5f71bf

RGB95, 113, 191

HSL229, 43%, 56%

HSV229, 50%, 75%

CMYK50%, 41%, 0%, 25%

Lab49.5, 15.2, -43.11

XYZ20.03, 18.0, 51.71

Decimal6255039

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#4d61b8 #4356a8 #3c4d96 #354383 #2d3a71 #26315f #1f274d #171e3a #101528 #090b16

Tints of royal blue

#6e7ec5 #7c8bcb #8b98d1 #9aa5d7 #a9b2dc #b7bfe2 #c6cce8 #d5daee #e4e7f4 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bfad5f Analogous#5fa1bf Analogous#7d5fbf Triadic#bf5f71 Triadic#71bf5f Split complementary#bf7d5f Split complementary#a1bf5f

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 41, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5f71bf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 41 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 42 4 31

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 #5f71bf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5f71bf; }
.text { color: #5f71bf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5f71bf; }

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 #5f71bf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5f71bf 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 #5f71bf 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 #5f71bf 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 #5f71bf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.