Cornflower blue

#4880fa

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

This is Cornflower blue, a vivid blue at 221 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #4880fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#4880fa

RGB72, 128, 250

HSL221, 95%, 63%

HSV221, 71%, 98%

CMYK71%, 49%, 0%, 2%

Lab55.8, 21.79, -66.34

XYZ27.65, 23.72, 93.56

Decimal4751610

Web safe#3399ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#2c6cf9 #0f59f8 #064ce4 #0543c8 #0539ac #04308f #032673 #021d57 #02133a #010a1e

Tints of cornflower blue

#598bfa #6997fb #7aa2fb #8aaefc #9bb9fc #abc5fd #bcd0fd #ccdcfe #dde7fe #eef3ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fac248 Analogous#48d9fa Analogous#6948fa Triadic#fa4880 Triadic#80fa48 Split complementary#fa6948 Split complementary#d9fa48

Cornflower blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 71, 49, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #4880fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

71 49 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

69 49 4 8

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #4880fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #4880fa; }
.text { color: #4880fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #4880fa; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #4880fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #4880fa against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cornflower blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #4880fa sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around cornflower blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn cornflower blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #4880fa 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 cornflower blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #4880fa are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.