Royal blue

#656ec9

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 #656ec9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#656ec9

RGB101, 110, 201

HSL235, 48%, 59%

HSV235, 50%, 79%

CMYK50%, 45%, 0%, 21%

Lab49.66, 21.56, -48.57

XYZ21.49, 18.14, 57.63

Decimal6647497

Web safe#6666cc

Pantone2727 C

Shades of royal blue

#515bc2 #404bb7 #3943a3 #323b8f #2b327b #242a67 #1d2253 #161a3f #0f112b #080917

Tints of royal blue

#737bce #8189d3 #8f96d8 #9da3dd #abb0e2 #b9bee7 #c8cbec #d6d8f0 #e4e5f5 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#c9c065 Analogous#65a0c9 Analogous#8e65c9 Triadic#c9656e Triadic#6ec965 Split complementary#c98e65 Split complementary#a0c965

Royal blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 50, 45, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #656ec9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

50 45 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

50 45 4 27

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 #656ec9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #656ec9; }
.text { color: #656ec9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #656ec9; }

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 #656ec9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #656ec9 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 #656ec9 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 #656ec9 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 #656ec9 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.