Color

Who Can Wear Royal Blue?

Royal Blue is bright, clear, saturated blue.

Royal Blue

#1F4FBF

Royal Blue (#1F4FBF) suits 3 of the 12 color seasons — Bright Spring, True Winter and Bright Winter. In Bright Spring the closest match is Cobalt Splash (#2A6FDB) — near enough to read as one of theirs. No season has to rule it out, though 9 should wear it with care.

Royal Blue at a glance

Summary of how Royal Blue reads across the 12 color seasons
Hex	#1F4FBF
Seasons that wear it	3 — Bright Spring, True Winter and Bright Winter
Wearable with care	9 — Light Spring, True Spring, Light Summer, True Summer, Soft Summer, Soft Autumn, True Autumn, Deep Autumn and Deep Winter
Seasons that should skip it	None — no avoid list holds a close match
Undertone it reads as	Cool (pink/blue-based) — 2 of the 3 seasons that wear it
Measured against	336 swatches across 12 palettes

Which color seasons can wear Royal Blue?

All 12 seasons, best first. Each row names the closest swatch to #1F4FBF in that season's palette — the actual color the verdict was measured against.

Which of the 12 color seasons can wear Royal Blue
Bright Spring	In the paletteBright Spring Cobalt Splash#2A6FDB Royal Blue sits inside the Bright Spring palette — its closest match is Cobalt Splash (#2A6FDB).
True Winter	In the paletteTrue Winter Ultramarine#2B4CC0 Royal Blue sits inside the True Winter palette — its closest match is Ultramarine (#2B4CC0).
Bright Winter	In the paletteBright Winter Azure#2F7DE1 Royal Blue sits inside the Bright Winter palette — its closest match is Azure (#2F7DE1).
Light Spring	With careLight Spring Periwinkle Mist#A9B8E8 Royal Blue is not a Light Spring color, but Periwinkle Mist (#A9B8E8) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
True Spring	With careTrue Spring Warm Violet#8E6BC0 Royal Blue is not a True Spring color, but Warm Violet (#8E6BC0) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Light Summer	With careLight Summer Wisteria#A99BD1 Royal Blue is not a Light Summer color, but Wisteria (#A99BD1) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
True Summer	With careTrue Summer Periwinkle#7C89C9 Royal Blue is not a True Summer color, but Periwinkle (#7C89C9) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Soft Summer	With careSoft Summer Soft Plum#8E7290 Royal Blue is not a Soft Summer color, but Soft Plum (#8E7290) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Soft Autumn	With careSoft Autumn Dusty Turquoise#79A8A4 Royal Blue is not a Soft Autumn color, but Dusty Turquoise (#79A8A4) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
True Autumn	With careTrue Autumn Teal Pine#22646B Royal Blue is not a True Autumn color, but Teal Pine (#22646B) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Deep Autumn	With careDeep Autumn Deep Teal#16535C Royal Blue is not a Deep Autumn color, but Deep Teal (#16535C) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.
Deep Winter	With careDeep Winter Royal Purple#4E2C86 Royal Blue is not a Deep Winter color, but Royal Purple (#4E2C86) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.

Who should skip Royal Blue?

Nobody, as it turns out. Nothing on any season's avoid list sits close to #1F4FBF, which makes Royal Blue one of the easier colors in the index: 3 seasons wear it outright and the other 9 can wear it with care rather than skipping it.

How we work this out

No opinions on this page. Royal Blue's reference hex (#1F4FBF) is converted to CIELAB and measured against every one of the 336 swatches in the 12 season palettes — the same palettes the paid report ships.

The distance is weighted for this job rather than for general color matching: lightness counts at 0.6× and the yellow–blue axis at 1.5×, because seasonal analysis is an undertone judgement before it is a depth one. Royal Blue lands in a palette when its nearest flattering swatch falls inside the in-palette band, and on the skip list when a swatch from that season's avoid list is closer still.

What it measures is the color, not your face. Which of these seasons is yours is the question the quiz and selfie answer.

Royal Blue: common questions

What color season wears Royal Blue?

Royal Blue sits inside 3 of the 12 season palettes: Bright Spring, True Winter and Bright Winter. In each of those, the closest match is a real swatch from that palette rather than an approximation of one.

Does Royal Blue suit warm or cool skin?

Of the 3 seasons Royal Blue suits, the undertone split is 1 warm, 2 cool and 0 neutral — so it behaves as a cool color. Depth and clarity then decide which seasons on that side can carry it.

Who should not wear Royal Blue?

Nobody has to rule Royal Blue out. No season's avoid list holds a close match to #1F4FBF, so the worst case is wearing it with care — away from the face, or broken up with a palette color.

Can I wear Royal Blue if I'm a Soft Summer?

With care. Royal Blue is not a Soft Summer color, but Soft Plum (#8E7290) gives you the same idea in the right undertone.

What can I wear instead of Royal Blue?

Nothing needs replacing — Royal Blue is not on any season's avoid list. If it is not in your palette, wear it away from the face and let a palette color sit next to your skin.

How do you decide which seasons Royal Blue suits?

We convert #1F4FBF to CIELAB and measure it against all 336 swatches in the 12 season palettes, weighting the yellow–blue axis up and lightness down because seasonal analysis is an undertone judgement first. Royal Blue lands in a palette when its nearest flattering swatch is closer than the in-palette band, and on the skip list when the nearest avoid-list swatch is closer still.

How do I know which color season I am?

Take the 2-minute quiz and add one selfie. Palettewell reads your skin, hair and eye color, returns your season with the full palette, and then Royal Blue stops being a general question and becomes a yes or no about your own colors.