Cornflower blue

#5ea0dc

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 #5ea0dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5ea0dc

RGB94, 160, 220

HSL209, 64%, 62%

HSV209, 57%, 86%

CMYK57%, 27%, 0%, 14%

Lab63.91, -3.6, -36.82

XYZ30.11, 32.69, 72.43

Decimal6201564

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4792d7 #2f85d2 #2976bc #2467a5 #1f598e #1a4a76 #153c5f #102d48 #0b1e30 #051019

Tints of cornflower blue

#6da9df #7bb1e2 #8abae6 #99c3e9 #a7cbec #b6d4ef #c4dcf2 #d3e5f5 #e2eef9 #f0f6fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dc9a5e Analogous#5edcd9 Analogous#5e61dc Triadic#dc5ea0 Triadic#a0dc5e Split complementary#dc5e61 Split complementary#dcd95e

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 57, 27, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5ea0dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 27 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 29 4 20

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 #5ea0dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5ea0dc; }
.text { color: #5ea0dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5ea0dc; }

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 #5ea0dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5ea0dc 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 #5ea0dc 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 #5ea0dc 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 #5ea0dc 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.