What colors make Royal Blue?
On this page, you will find the Royal Blue Hex, RGB, Hue Saturation Light (HSL), and CMYK color codes. We also include shades and variations of Royal Blue, color palettes, and related colors.
Royal Blue color code
The Royal Blue hex code is #4169E1. The Royal Blue hex code can be quantified in RGB values which represent the amount of Red, Green and Blue color channels. The RGB value is an estimated amount of red, green, and blue color to create the color Royal Blue. The RGB estimate is:
- Red: #41 in Hex amounts to 25%
- Green: #69 in Hex amounts to 41%
- Blue: #E1 in Hex amounts to 88%
Royal Blue in HSL
HSL is an acronym which stands for Hue, Saturation, and Lightness. HSL was developed for television and standardized for computer displays.
Hue is the perceived color name. Saturation is the "colorfulness" relative to the color's brightness. Brightness is our human eye's quantifed perception of the spectral light distribution. Lightness is the color brightness relative to a perceived similarly illuminated white.
Brightness and "colorfulness" are absolute measures, while Lightness and and Saturation are relative measures.
Royal Blue is 225deg, 73%, 57% HSL.
- Hue: 225deg
- Saturation: 73%
- Light: 57%
Royal Blue color in CMYK color model
The CMYK color model is commonly used in printing. The CMYK acronym stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key. Where key is black. Since the black color is the absence of light, the CMYK is a subtractive color model. White light minus red is cyan, minus green is magenta, minus blue is yellow.
Royal Blue is 71% 53% 0% 12% CMYK.
- Cyan: 71%
- Magenta: 53%
- Yellow: 0%
- Key (or Black): 12%
Different shades of Royal Blue
According to its HSL value, Royal Blue contains about 57% of brightness.
Below are the all the values in HEX, HSL and CMYK color spaces for each shade variations:
- Hex HSL CMYK
- #D2DCF8 225deg, 72%, 90% 14%, 11%, 0%, 99%
- #A6B9F1 225deg, 72%, 80% 30%, 23%, 0%, 99%
- #7A96EA 225deg, 72%, 70% 47%, 35%, 0%, 99%
- #4E73E3 225deg, 72%, 60% 65%, 48%, 0%, 99%
- #2251DC 225deg, 72%, 50% 84%, 63%, 0%, 99%
- #1B40B0 225deg, 72%, 40% 84%, 63%, 0%, 99%
- #143084 225deg, 72%, 30% 84%, 63%, 0%, 99%
- #0D2058 225deg, 72%, 20% 84%, 63%, 0%, 99%
- #06102C 225deg, 72%, 10% 84%, 63%, 0%, 99%
Accessibility tips when using the color Royal Blue
Ensure your content remains available to the broadest possible audience. Make sure the text color has enough contrast with its background. When using Royal Blue on text, we recommend you use black for the background.
The reason Royal Blue contrasts better with a black background is because Royal Blue has a degree of brightness of 57% which provides better contrast on a dark background.
The Royal Blue color palette hex codes.
There are a few color palettes available when working with Royal Blue, but below is our favorite:
- Cute Crab
#DD4444 - Honey Glow
#E8B447 - Poisonous Potion
#99DD33 - Android Green
#3DDC84 - Aphrodite Aqua
#45E9C1 - Hokkaido Lavender
#7736D9
By interpolating Hue and Saturation values, we can also generate great color palettes inspired from Royal Blue
- Jupiter
#E1E1E2 - Exclusive Ivory
#E2D8C3 - Basil Smash
#B7E1A1 - Pastel Green
#77DD77 - Malibu
#66B7E1 - Blue-Violet
#8A2BE2
Below is a series of palettes generated from the color Royal Blue:
Palette variances of 3 colors:
- #4068E1
- #4EE140
- #E14E40
- #E140C0
- #4068E1
- #40E170
- #4068E1
- #40E16B
- #E1BE40
Palette variances of 4 colors:
- #E140E1
- #9E40E1
- #5B40E1
- #4068E1
- #E140D3
- #4068E1
- #40E183
- #D3E140
- #BB40E1
- #4068E1
- #40E1B6
- #6EE140
Palette variances of 5 colors:
- #E140CE
- #8640E1
- #4068E1
- #40D6E1
- #40E17E
- #BEE140
- #E17940
- #E14093
- #A340E1
- #4068E1
- #4068E1
- #40B0E1
- #40E1C9
- #40E181
- #48E140
Palette variances of 6 colors:
- #A8E140
- #E18840
- #E14088
- #A940E1
- #4068E1
- #40E1C9
- #4068E1
- #40DBE1
- #40E173
- #80E140
- #E1CE40
- #E15B40
- #4068E1
- #40E1DB
- #40E15E
- #A1E140
- #E1A340
- #E1405B
You will find specific color values of Royal Blue on this page. For example, the Royal Blue HEX color code is #4169E1. We offer a variety of color palette, variances, and an expert color mixer to develop color schemes. Related colors for Royal Blue are:
- Tufts Blue color code is (62.0, 142.0, 222.0).
- Bluetiful color code is (60.0, 105.0, 231.0).
- Thalassophile color code is (68.0, 170.0, 221.0).
- High Blue color code is (76.0, 168.0, 224.0).
- Warm Blue color code is (75.0, 87.0, 219.0).
- Candy Grape Fizz color code is (119.0, 85.0, 238.0).
- Hokkaido Lavender color code is (119.0, 54.0, 217.0).
- Aquarius color code is (60.0, 173.0, 212.0).
- Blue Jeans color code is (93.0, 173.0, 236.0).
- Celtic Blue color code is (36.0, 107.0, 206.0).
These values can help you match the specific shade and find complementary colors. Looking for a different shade of purple? Our color mixer expertly generates nine different shades and eighteen color variances.
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- Green and Blue make Cyan.
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Included in our color pages are color palettes, we generate color combinations between three and six colors. We call each different color mixture “palette variances.” Each color palette variance includes eighteen color mixes with HEX code displayed.
A third component we provide on this page is color shades. For example, shades of Royal Blue include Tufts Blue, Bluetiful, Thalassophile, High Blue, Warm Blue, Candy Grape Fizz, Hokkaido Lavender, Aquarius, Blue Jeans, and Celtic Blue. We offer nine tints and shades for each color. A color shade is found by adjusting the color saturation to find a darker hue. A color tint is a lighter color. For example, pink is a tint of red.
