Cornflower blue

#618efe

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

This is Cornflower blue, a vivid blue at 223 degrees. 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 #618efe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#618efe

RGB97, 142, 254

HSL223, 99%, 69%

HSV223, 62%, 100%

CMYK62%, 44%, 0%, 0%

Lab60.82, 18.49, -60.43

XYZ32.49, 29.04, 97.66

Decimal6393598

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4177fe #2160fe #024afd #0140dd #0137be #012e9e #01257e #011b5e #00123e #00091e

Tints of cornflower blue

#6f98fe #7da2fe #8bacfe #99b6fe #a7c0fe #b5caff #c3d4ff #d1deff #dfe8ff #edf2ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fed161 Analogous#61ddfe Analogous#8261fe Triadic#fe618e Triadic#8efe61 Split complementary#fe8361 Split complementary#dcfe61

Cornflower blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 62, 44, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #618efe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

62 44 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

61 44 4 6

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 #618efe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #618efe; }
.text { color: #618efe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #618efe; }

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 #618efe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #618efe 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 #618efe 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 #618efe 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 #618efe come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.