Royal blue

#3965d3

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 strong. 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 #3965d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3965d3

RGB57, 101, 211

HSL223, 64%, 53%

HSV223, 73%, 83%

CMYK73%, 52%, 0%, 17%

Lab45.47, 22.7, -61.15

XYZ18.1, 14.88, 63.55

Decimal3761619

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#2c59c8 #2850b4 #2448a1 #1f3f8e #1b367a #172e67 #132553 #0e1c40 #0a142c #060b19

Tints of royal blue

#4b73d7 #5e82db #7090df #829ee3 #95ace7 #a7bbeb #b9c9f0 #ccd7f4 #dee5f8 #f0f4fc

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#d3a739 Analogous#39b2d3 Analogous#5a39d3 Triadic#d33965 Triadic#65d339 Split complementary#d35a39 Split complementary#b2d339

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 73, 52, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3965d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

73 52 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

71 52 4 23

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 #3965d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3965d3; }
.text { color: #3965d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3965d3; }

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 #3965d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3965d3 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 #3965d3 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 #3965d3 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

Here is how the numbers for #3965d3 are worked out. 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.