Royal blue

#687ec4

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 balanced. 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 #687ec4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#687ec4

RGB104, 126, 196

HSL226, 44%, 59%

HSV226, 47%, 77%

CMYK47%, 36%, 0%, 23%

Lab53.87, 11.03, -39.03

XYZ23.13, 21.85, 55.22

Decimal6848196

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2718 C

Shades of royal blue

#556dbc #455fb1 #3e559e #364a8a #2e4077 #273563 #1f2b50 #18213d #101629 #090c16

Tints of royal blue

#768ac9 #8496cf #91a1d4 #9fadda #adb9df #bbc5e4 #c9d1ea #d7dcef #e4e8f5 #f2f4fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#c4ae68 Analogous#68acc4 Analogous#8068c4 Triadic#c4687e Triadic#7ec468 Split complementary#c48068 Split complementary#acc468

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 47, 36, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #687ec4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 36 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 37 4 29

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 #687ec4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #687ec4; }
.text { color: #687ec4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #687ec4; }

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 #687ec4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #687ec4 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 #687ec4 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 #687ec4 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 #687ec4 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.