Cornflower blue

#6090dc

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 #6090dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6090dc

RGB96, 144, 220

HSL217, 64%, 62%

HSV217, 56%, 86%

CMYK56%, 35%, 0%, 14%

Lab59.53, 6.02, -43.68

XYZ27.72, 27.6, 71.58

Decimal6328540

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4980d7 #316fd2 #2a63bd #2456a5 #1f4a8e #1a3e77 #15325f #102648 #0b1930 #060d19

Tints of cornflower blue

#6e9adf #7da4e2 #8baee6 #9ab8e9 #a8c2ec #b7ccef #c5d7f2 #d3e1f5 #e2ebf9 #f0f5fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dcac60 Analogous#60cedc Analogous#6e60dc Triadic#dc6090 Triadic#90dc60 Split complementary#dc6e60 Split complementary#cedc60

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 56, 35, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6090dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 35 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 36 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 #6090dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6090dc; }
.text { color: #6090dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6090dc; }

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 #6090dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6090dc 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 #6090dc 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 #6090dc 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 #6090dc 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.