Cornflower blue

#63a1e5

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #63a1e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#63a1e5

RGB99, 161, 229

HSL211, 71%, 64%

HSV211, 57%, 90%

CMYK57%, 30%, 0%, 10%

Lab64.8, -0.33, -40.37

XYZ32.03, 33.8, 78.96

Decimal6529509

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4a92e1 #3082dd #2273cd #1e65b3 #1a579a #154880 #113a67 #0d2c4d #091d34 #040f1a

Tints of cornflower blue

#71a9e7 #7fb2ea #8dbaec #9bc3ee #a9cbf1 #b7d4f3 #c5dcf5 #d4e5f8 #e2edfa #f0f6fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#e5a763 Analogous#63e2e5 Analogous#6663e5 Triadic#e563a1 Triadic#a1e563 Split complementary#e56663 Split complementary#e2e563

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 57, 30, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #63a1e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

57 30 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 32 4 16

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #63a1e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #63a1e5; }
.text { color: #63a1e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #63a1e5; }

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 #63a1e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #63a1e5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cornflower blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #63a1e5 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cornflower blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #63a1e5 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

Every value on this page for #63a1e5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.