Cornflower blue

#5692dd

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

This is Cornflower blue, a strong blue at 213 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #5692dd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5692dd

RGB86, 146, 221

HSL213, 67%, 60%

HSV213, 61%, 87%

CMYK61%, 34%, 0%, 13%

Lab59.67, 3.21, -44.05

XYZ27.17, 27.76, 72.33

Decimal5673693

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone542 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#3f83d8 #2a75d2 #2668bb #215ba4 #1c4e8d #184176 #13355f #0e2847 #0a1b30 #050e19

Tints of cornflower blue

#659ce0 #75a6e3 #84b0e6 #94bae9 #a3c4ed #b2cef0 #c2d8f3 #d1e2f6 #e1ebf9 #f0f5fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dda156 Analogous#56d5dd Analogous#5e56dd Triadic#dd5692 Triadic#92dd56 Split complementary#dd5e56 Split complementary#d5dd56

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 61, 34, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5692dd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 34 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 35 4 19

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 #5692dd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5692dd; }
.text { color: #5692dd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5692dd; }

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 #5692dd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5692dd 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 #5692dd 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 #5692dd 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 #5692dd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.