Royal blue

#3b6dc4

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 confident. 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 #3b6dc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3b6dc4

RGB59, 109, 196

HSL218, 54%, 50%

HSV218, 70%, 77%

CMYK70%, 44%, 0%, 23%

Lab46.78, 12.41, -50.43

XYZ17.24, 15.85, 54.38

Decimal3894724

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#3663b3 #315aa2 #2b5090 #26477f #213d6e #1c335d #172a4b #11203a #0c1729 #070d18

Tints of royal blue

#4d7bc9 #5f88cf #7296d4 #84a3da #96b1df #a8bee5 #bbccea #cddaf0 #dfe7f5 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#c4923b Analogous#3bb1c4 Analogous#4e3bc4 Triadic#c43b6d Triadic#6dc43b Split complementary#c44e3b Split complementary#b1c43b

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 70, 44, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3b6dc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

70 44 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

68 44 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 #3b6dc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3b6dc4; }
.text { color: #3b6dc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3b6dc4; }

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 #3b6dc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3b6dc4 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 #3b6dc4 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 #3b6dc4 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 #3b6dc4 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.