Royal blue

#656dbf

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #656dbf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#656dbf

RGB101, 109, 191

HSL235, 41%, 57%

HSV235, 47%, 75%

CMYK47%, 43%, 0%, 25%

Lab48.84, 19.09, -44.13

XYZ20.24, 17.47, 51.59

Decimal6647231

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#535bb7 #464fa9 #3f4797 #373e84 #2f3572 #282d5f #20244d #181b3b #111328 #090a16

Tints of royal blue

#737ac5 #8188cb #8f95d1 #9ea3d7 #acb0dc #babde2 #c8cbe8 #d6d8ee #e4e6f4 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bfb765 Analogous#659abf Analogous#8a65bf Triadic#bf656d Triadic#6dbf65 Split complementary#bf8a65 Split complementary#9abf65

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 47, 43, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #656dbf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 43 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 44 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 #656dbf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #656dbf; }
.text { color: #656dbf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #656dbf; }

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 #656dbf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #656dbf 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 #656dbf 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 #656dbf 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 #656dbf are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.