Royal blue

#6079c6

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for royal blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Royal blue, a soft blue at 225 degrees. 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 #6079c6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6079c6

RGB96, 121, 198

HSL225, 47%, 58%

HSV225, 52%, 78%

CMYK52%, 39%, 0%, 22%

Lab52.11, 12.76, -42.99

XYZ21.85, 20.24, 56.18

Decimal6322630

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#4d69bf #405cb2 #39529e #32488b #2b3e77 #243464 #1d2a51 #16203d #0f162a #080c17

Tints of royal blue

#6f85cb #7d92d0 #8c9ed6 #9aaadb #a9b6e0 #b8c3e5 #c6cfeb #d5dbf0 #e3e8f5 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#c6ad60 Analogous#60acc6 Analogous#7a60c6 Triadic#c66079 Triadic#79c660 Split complementary#c67a60 Split complementary#acc660

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 52, 39, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6079c6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 39 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 40 4 28

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 #6079c6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6079c6; }
.text { color: #6079c6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6079c6; }

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 #6079c6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6079c6 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 #6079c6 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 #6079c6 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 #6079c6 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.