Cornflower blue

#65aef7

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 #65aef7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#65aef7

RGB101, 174, 247

HSL210, 90%, 68%

HSV210, 59%, 97%

CMYK59%, 30%, 0%, 3%

Lab69.29, -1.61, -43.18

XYZ37.29, 39.75, 93.7

Decimal6663927

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#479ef5 #298ef4 #0c7ef0 #0b6fd2 #095fb4 #084f96 #063f78 #052f59 #031f3b #020f1d

Tints of cornflower blue

#73b5f8 #80bcf8 #8ec4f9 #9ccbfa #aad2fb #b7d9fb #c5e0fc #d3e8fd #e0effd #eef6fe

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#f7ae65 Analogous#65f7f7 Analogous#6565f7 Triadic#f765ae Triadic#aef765 Split complementary#f76565 Split complementary#f7f765

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 59, 30, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #65aef7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 30 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 32 4 9

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 #65aef7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #65aef7; }
.text { color: #65aef7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #65aef7; }

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 #65aef7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #65aef7 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 #65aef7 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 #65aef7 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 #65aef7 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.