Cornflower blue

#5d8aef

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 confident. 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 #5d8aef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5d8aef

RGB93, 138, 239

HSL222, 82%, 65%

HSV222, 61%, 94%

CMYK61%, 42%, 0%, 6%

Lab58.73, 15.2, -55.52

XYZ29.18, 26.74, 85.28

Decimal6130415

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4276ec #2662ea #1653dc #1348c0 #103ea5 #0e348a #0b296e #081f53 #051537 #030a1c

Tints of cornflower blue

#6c95f0 #7a9ff2 #89aaf3 #97b4f5 #a6bff6 #b4c9f8 #c3d4f9 #d2defb #e0e9fc #eff3fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#efc25d Analogous#5dd3ef Analogous#795def Triadic#ef5d8a Triadic#8aef5d Split complementary#ef795d Split complementary#d3ef5d

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 61, 42, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5d8aef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

61 42 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

60 43 4 12

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 #5d8aef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5d8aef; }
.text { color: #5d8aef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5d8aef; }

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 #5d8aef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5d8aef 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 #5d8aef 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 #5d8aef 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 #5d8aef 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.