Royal blue

#657deb

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 grounded. 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 #657deb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#657deb

RGB101, 125, 235

HSL229, 77%, 66%

HSV229, 57%, 92%

CMYK57%, 47%, 0%, 8%

Lab55.51, 23.23, -58.41

XYZ27.7, 23.43, 81.66

Decimal6651371

Web safe#6666ff

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#4a66e7 #2f4fe4 #1c3ed8 #1936bd #152ea2 #122787 #0e1f6c #0b1751 #070f36 #04081b

Tints of royal blue

#7389ed #8194ef #8ea0f0 #9cacf2 #aab7f4 #b8c3f6 #c6cff8 #d4daf9 #e1e6fb #eff2fd

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#ebd365 Analogous#65c0eb Analogous#9065eb Triadic#eb657d Triadic#7deb65 Split complementary#eb9065 Split complementary#c0eb65

Royal blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 57, 47, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #657deb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 47 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 47 4 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #657deb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #657deb; }
.text { color: #657deb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #657deb; }

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 #657deb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #657deb 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 #657deb 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 #657deb 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 #657deb is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.