Royal blue

#2e60a0

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

Royal blue is a deep blue that reads rich. 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 #2e60a0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#2e60a0

RGB46, 96, 160

HSL214, 55%, 40%

HSV214, 71%, 63%

CMYK71%, 40%, 0%, 37%

Lab40.39, 5.36, -39.61

XYZ11.65, 11.48, 34.86

Decimal3039392

Web safe#336699

Pantone2935 C

Shades of royal blue

#2a5892 #265085 #224777 #1e3f6a #1a375c #162f4e #132741 #0f1f33 #0b1625 #070e18

Tints of royal blue

#346db6 #3f7bc8 #568bce #6c9ad5 #82a9db #98b8e1 #aec8e8 #c5d7ee #dbe6f5 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#a06e2e Analogous#2e99a0 Analogous#352ea0 Triadic#a02e60 Triadic#60a02e Split complementary#a0352e Split complementary#99a02e

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 71, 40, 0, 37.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #2e60a0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 40 0 37

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 41 4 43

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 #2e60a0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #2e60a0; }
.text { color: #2e60a0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #2e60a0; }

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 #2e60a0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #2e60a0 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 #2e60a0 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 #2e60a0 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 #2e60a0 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.