Royal blue

#6470d5

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

This is Royal blue, a strong blue at 234 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 #6470d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6470d5

RGB100, 112, 213

HSL234, 57%, 61%

HSV234, 53%, 84%

CMYK53%, 47%, 0%, 16%

Lab50.81, 23.89, -53.58

XYZ23.06, 19.1, 65.42

Decimal6582485

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#4e5ccf #3847c9 #313fb4 #2b379d #252f87 #1f2771 #19205b #131845 #0d102e #070818

Tints of royal blue

#727dd9 #808add #8e97e0 #9ca4e4 #aab1e8 #b9beec #c7cbf0 #d5d8f4 #e3e5f7 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#d5c964 Analogous#64a9d5 Analogous#9064d5 Triadic#d56470 Triadic#70d564 Split complementary#d59064 Split complementary#a9d564

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, 47, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6470d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 47 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 47 4 22

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 #6470d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6470d5; }
.text { color: #6470d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6470d5; }

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 #6470d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6470d5 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 #6470d5 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 #6470d5 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

The figures for #6470d5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.