Cornflower blue

#5194fd

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 217 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 #5194fd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5194fd

RGB81, 148, 253

HSL217, 98%, 65%

HSV217, 68%, 99%

CMYK68%, 42%, 0%, 1%

Lab61.67, 12.0, -58.56

XYZ31.71, 30.02, 97.05

Decimal5346557

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone542 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#3382fd #156ffc #035ff0 #0253d2 #0247b4 #023c96 #013078 #01245a #01183c #000c1e

Tints of cornflower blue

#619efd #70a7fd #80b1fe #90bafe #9fc4fe #afcefe #bed7fe #cee1fe #deebff #edf4ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fdba51 Analogous#51eafd Analogous#6451fd Triadic#fd5194 Triadic#94fd51 Split complementary#fd6451 Split complementary#eafd51

Cornflower blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 68, 42, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5194fd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

68 42 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

67 43 4 7

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 #5194fd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5194fd; }
.text { color: #5194fd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5194fd; }

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 #5194fd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5194fd 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 #5194fd 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 #5194fd 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 #5194fd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.