Cornflower blue

#528ada

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

Cornflower blue sits in the blue band, mid and strong. 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 #528ada, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#528ada

RGB82, 138, 218

HSL215, 65%, 59%

HSV215, 62%, 85%

CMYK62%, 37%, 0%, 15%

Lab57.11, 6.19, -46.43

XYZ25.22, 25.03, 69.83

Decimal5409498

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#3c7bd5 #2b6dcb #2761b5 #22559e #1d4988 #183d72 #14315c #0f2546 #0a192f #050e19

Tints of cornflower blue

#6295dd #729fe1 #81aae4 #91b5e8 #a1c0eb #b1caee #c1d5f2 #d1e0f5 #e0eaf8 #f0f5fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#daa252 Analogous#52ceda Analogous#5e52da Triadic#da528a Triadic#8ada52 Split complementary#da5e52 Split complementary#ceda52

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 62, 37, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #528ada on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 37 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 38 4 21

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #528ada straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #528ada; }
.text { color: #528ada; }
.border { border: 2px solid #528ada; }

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 #528ada against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #528ada 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 #528ada 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 #528ada 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

The figures for #528ada come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.