Royal blue

#6075ab

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 balanced. 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 #6075ab, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6075ab

RGB96, 117, 171

HSL223, 31%, 52%

HSV223, 44%, 67%

CMYK44%, 32%, 0%, 33%

Lab49.68, 6.86, -31.25

XYZ18.54, 18.15, 41.05

Decimal6321579

Web safe#666699

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#54699f #4c5f90 #445580 #3c4b71 #334061 #2b3652 #232c42 #1b2233 #131723 #0b0d14

Tints of royal blue

#6f82b3 #7d8fbb #8c9bc2 #9ba8ca #aab5d2 #b8c2da #c7cfe1 #d6dbe9 #e5e8f1 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ab9660 Analogous#609aab Analogous#7160ab Triadic#ab6075 Triadic#75ab60 Split complementary#ab7060 Split complementary#9aab60

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 44, 32, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6075ab on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 32 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 33 4 39

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 #6075ab straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6075ab; }
.text { color: #6075ab; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6075ab; }

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 #6075ab against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6075ab 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 #6075ab 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 #6075ab 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 #6075ab is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.