Cornflower blue

#60a3df

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 #60a3df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#60a3df
RGB96, 163, 223
HSL208, 66%, 63%
HSV208, 57%, 87%
CMYK57%, 27%, 0%, 13%
Lab64.97, -3.95, -36.81
XYZ31.24, 34.01, 74.73
Decimal6333407
Web safe#6699cc
Pantone284 C
Pantone284 CHex#60a3dfRgb96 163 223Cmyk57 27 0 13Lab65 -4 -37Darker#1e5b93Deep#2980ceLighter#9fc5e7

Shades of cornflower blue

Tints of cornflower blue

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #60a3df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
57 27 0 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
56 29 4 19
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 #60a3df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #60a3df; }
.text { color: #60a3df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #60a3df; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #60a3df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.69:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.80:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #60a3df 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 #60a3df 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 #60a3df 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

The figures for #60a3df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.