Cornflower blue

#659eca

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

Cornflower blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #659eca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#659eca
RGB101, 158, 202
HSL206, 49%, 59%
HSV206, 50%, 79%
CMYK50%, 22%, 0%, 21%
Lab62.91, -6.45, -28.33
XYZ28.25, 31.48, 60.47
Decimal6659786
Web safe#6699cc
Pantone542 C
Pantone542 CHex#659ecaRgb101 158 202Cmyk50 22 0 21Lab63 -6 -28Darker#295577Deep#3b7bacLighter#9dbfd9

Shades of cornflower blue

Tints of cornflower blue

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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 50, 22, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #659eca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
50 22 0 21
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
50 24 4 27
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 #659eca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #659eca; }
.text { color: #659eca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #659eca; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #659eca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.88:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
7.30:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #659eca 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 #659eca 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 #659eca 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #659eca 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.