Cornflower blue

#649dd3

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 grounded. 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 #649dd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#649dd3

RGB100, 157, 211

HSL209, 56%, 61%

HSV209, 53%, 83%

CMYK53%, 26%, 0%, 17%

Lab62.95, -3.42, -33.3

XYZ29.07, 31.53, 66.18

Decimal6594003

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone542 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4e8fcd #3881c7 #3273b1 #2c659b #265785 #20486f #193a59 #132c44 #0d1e2e #071018

Tints of cornflower blue

#72a6d7 #80afdb #8eb8df #9cc1e3 #abcae7 #b9d3eb #c7dbef #d5e4f3 #e3edf7 #f1f6fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#d39a64 Analogous#64d3d1 Analogous#6465d3 Triadic#d3649d Triadic#9dd364 Split complementary#d36465 Split complementary#d3d164

Cornflower blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 53, 26, 0, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #649dd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 26 0 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 28 4 23

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 #649dd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #649dd3; }
.text { color: #649dd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #649dd3; }

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 #649dd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #649dd3 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 #649dd3 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 #649dd3 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

Here is how the numbers for #649dd3 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.