Cornflower blue

#59a8f6

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

Cornflower blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. 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 #59a8f6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#59a8f6
RGB89, 168, 246
HSL210, 90%, 66%
HSV210, 64%, 96%
CMYK64%, 32%, 0%, 4%
Lab67.11, -0.7, -46.09
XYZ34.76, 36.78, 92.46
Decimal5875958
Web safe#6699ff
Pantone284 C
Pantone284 CHex#59a8f6Rgb89 168 246Cmyk64 32 0 4Lab67 -1 -46Darker#0a61b6Deep#1585f2Lighter#a1cbf5

Shades of cornflower blue

Tints of cornflower blue

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Cornflower blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 64, 32, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #59a8f6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
64 32 0 4
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
63 33 4 10
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 #59a8f6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #59a8f6; }
.text { color: #59a8f6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #59a8f6; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #59a8f6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.36:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #59a8f6 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 #59a8f6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #59a8f6 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from cornflower blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #59a8f6 is computed, not guessed. 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.