Royal blue

#6477aa

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

This is Royal blue, a muted blue at 224 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 #6477aa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6477aa

RGB100, 119, 170

HSL224, 29%, 53%

HSV224, 41%, 67%

CMYK41%, 30%, 0%, 33%

Lab50.46, 6.45, -29.43

XYZ19.11, 18.81, 40.65

Decimal6584234

Web safe#666699

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#576b9f #4f608f #465680 #3e4c71 #354161 #2d3752 #242c42 #1c2233 #131823 #0b0d14

Tints of royal blue

#7284b2 #8190ba #8f9dc2 #9da9c9 #acb6d1 #bac3d9 #c8cfe1 #d7dce9 #e5e8f1 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#aa9764 Analogous#649aaa Analogous#7464aa Triadic#aa6477 Triadic#77aa64 Split complementary#aa7464 Split complementary#9aaa64

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 41, 30, 0, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6477aa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 30 0 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 32 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 #6477aa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6477aa; }
.text { color: #6477aa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6477aa; }

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 #6477aa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6477aa 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 #6477aa 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 #6477aa 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 #6477aa come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.