Royal blue

#6b71bd

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #6b71bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6b71bd

RGB107, 113, 189

HSL236, 38%, 58%

HSV236, 43%, 74%

CMYK43%, 40%, 0%, 26%

Lab50.23, 17.54, -40.75

XYZ21.15, 18.61, 50.62

Decimal7041469

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#595fb5 #4b52a8 #434996 #3b4083 #323771 #2a2e5f #22254c #1a1c3a #121328 #090a15

Tints of royal blue

#797ec3 #868bc9 #9498cf #a1a5d5 #afb2db #bcbfe1 #cacce7 #d8d9ed #e5e6f3 #f3f3f9

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bdb76b Analogous#6b9abd Analogous#8e6bbd Triadic#bd6b71 Triadic#71bd6b Split complementary#bd8e6b Split complementary#9abd6b

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 43, 40, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6b71bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 40 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 41 4 32

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 #6b71bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6b71bd; }
.text { color: #6b71bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6b71bd; }

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 #6b71bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6b71bd 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 #6b71bd 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 #6b71bd 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 #6b71bd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.