Royal blue

#3b5be2

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. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #3b5be2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b5be2

RGB59, 91, 226

HSL229, 74%, 56%

HSV229, 74%, 89%

CMYK74%, 60%, 0%, 11%

Lab44.09, 34.72, -71.93

XYZ19.27, 13.9, 73.62

Decimal3890146

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#2548df #1e3fcc #1b39b6 #1832a0 #142b89 #112473 #0e1d5d #0b1647 #070f31 #04081b

Tints of royal blue

#4d6ae5 #5f79e7 #7188ea #8397ed #95a6ef #a7b6f2 #b9c5f5 #cbd4f7 #dde3fa #eff2fd

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#e2c23b Analogous#3bafe2 Analogous#6e3be2 Triadic#e23b5b Triadic#5be23b Split complementary#e26f3b Split complementary#afe23b

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 74, 60, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b5be2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 60 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 59 4 17

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 #3b5be2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b5be2; }
.text { color: #3b5be2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b5be2; }

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 #3b5be2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b5be2 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 #3b5be2 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 #3b5be2 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 #3b5be2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.