Royal blue

#3976df

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Royal blue color values

Every conversion for #3976df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#3976df

RGB57, 118, 223

HSL218, 72%, 55%

HSV218, 74%, 87%

CMYK74%, 47%, 0%, 13%

Lab50.87, 16.36, -59.26

XYZ21.49, 19.15, 72.38

Decimal3765983

Web safe#3366cc

Pantone285 C

Shades of royal blue

#2467dc #205dc6 #1d53b1 #19499b #163f86 #123570 #0f2b5b #0b2145 #081630 #040c1a

Tints of royal blue

#4b83e2 #5e8fe5 #709ce8 #82a9eb #94b5ee #a7c2f1 #b9cef4 #cbdbf7 #dde8fa #f0f4fd

Colors that go with royal blue

Complementary#dfa239 Analogous#39c9df Analogous#4f39df Triadic#df3976 Triadic#76df39 Split complementary#df4f39 Split complementary#c9df39

Royal blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 74, 47, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #3976df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

74 47 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

72 47 4 19

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 #3976df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #3976df; }
.text { color: #3976df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #3976df; }

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 #3976df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #3976df 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 #3976df 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 #3976df 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 #3976df 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.