Cornflower blue

#599de5

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 211 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 #599de5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#599de5

RGB89, 157, 229

HSL211, 73%, 62%

HSV211, 61%, 90%

CMYK61%, 31%, 0%, 10%

Lab63.26, 0.02, -42.83

XYZ30.32, 31.89, 78.69

Decimal5873125

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#408ee1 #2780dd #1f71c8 #1b63b0 #185597 #14477e #103965 #0c2b4c #081d33 #040f1a

Tints of cornflower blue

#68a6e7 #77afea #86b8ec #95c1ee #a4c9f1 #b3d2f3 #c2dbf6 #d1e4f8 #e1edfa #f0f6fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#e5a159 Analogous#59e3e5 Analogous#5b59e5 Triadic#e5599d Triadic#9de559 Split complementary#e55b59 Split complementary#e3e559

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 61, 31, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #599de5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 31 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 33 4 16

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 #599de5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #599de5; }
.text { color: #599de5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #599de5; }

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 #599de5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #599de5 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 #599de5 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 #599de5 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 #599de5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.