Royal blue

#1e6dbb

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for royal blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Royal blue, a strong blue at 210 degrees. Deep blues like this anchor serious, established brands. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #1e6dbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#1e6dbb

RGB30, 109, 187

HSL210, 72%, 43%

HSV210, 84%, 73%

CMYK84%, 42%, 0%, 27%

Lab45.36, 5.56, -47.56

XYZ14.97, 14.8, 49.08

Decimal1994171

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone300 C

Shades of royal blue

#1b64ab #195a9b #16518b #14487b #113e6b #0f355b #0c2b4b #09223a #07192a #040f1a

Tints of royal blue

#227bd3 #3289de #4a96e2 #61a4e6 #79b2ea #91bfed #a8cdf1 #c0dbf5 #d8e8f9 #f0f6fd

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#bb6c1e Analogous#1ebbbb Analogous#1e1ebb Triadic#bb1e6d Triadic#6dbb1e Split complementary#bb1e1e Split complementary#bbba1e

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 84, 42, 0, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #1e6dbb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

84 42 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

81 43 4 33

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Royal blue in css

Copy #1e6dbb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #1e6dbb; }
.text { color: #1e6dbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #1e6dbb; }

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 #1e6dbb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #1e6dbb 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 #1e6dbb 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 #1e6dbb 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 #1e6dbb 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.