Cornflower blue

#638bd5

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

This is Cornflower blue, a strong blue at 219 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 #638bd5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#638bd5

RGB99, 139, 213

HSL219, 58%, 61%

HSV219, 54%, 84%

CMYK54%, 35%, 0%, 16%

Lab57.96, 7.38, -42.22

XYZ26.39, 25.92, 66.56

Decimal6523861

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4d7bcf #376ac9 #305eb3 #2a539d #244787 #1e3b71 #18305b #122444 #0c182e #060d18

Tints of cornflower blue

#7196d9 #7fa0dd #8eabe0 #9cb5e4 #aac0e8 #b8caec #c6d5f0 #d5dff4 #e3eaf7 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#d5ad63 Analogous#63c4d5 Analogous#7463d5 Triadic#d5638b Triadic#8bd563 Split complementary#d57463 Split complementary#c4d563

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 54, 35, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #638bd5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 35 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 36 4 22

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 #638bd5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #638bd5; }
.text { color: #638bd5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #638bd5; }

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 #638bd5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #638bd5 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 #638bd5 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 #638bd5 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 #638bd5 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.