Royal blue

#656edd

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 confident. 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 #656edd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#656edd

RGB101, 110, 221

HSL236, 64%, 63%

HSV236, 54%, 87%

CMYK54%, 50%, 0%, 13%

Lab50.85, 27.86, -58.04

XYZ23.99, 19.14, 70.84

Decimal6647517

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#4d58d8 #3541d2 #2a36c0 #252fa8 #202890 #1b2279 #151b61 #101449 #0b0e31 #060719

Tints of royal blue

#737be0 #8188e3 #8f95e6 #9da2e9 #abb0ec #b9bdef #c7caf3 #d5d7f6 #e2e4f9 #f0f1fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ddd465 Analogous#65aadd Analogous#9865dd Triadic#dd656e Triadic#6edd65 Split complementary#dd9865 Split complementary#aadd65

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 54, 50, 0, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 50 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 50 4 19

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 #656edd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #656edd 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 #656edd 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 #656edd 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 #656edd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.