Cornflower blue

#689bcc

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

This is Cornflower blue, a soft blue at 209 degrees. 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 #689bcc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#689bcc

RGB104, 155, 204

HSL209, 50%, 60%

HSV209, 49%, 80%

CMYK49%, 24%, 0%, 20%

Lab62.29, -3.47, -30.4

XYZ28.33, 30.75, 61.57

Decimal6855628

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone542 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#538dc5 #4080bd #3972a8 #326393 #2b557f #24476a #1d3955 #162b40 #0f1d2c #080f17

Tints of cornflower blue

#76a4d1 #84add5 #91b6da #9fbfdf #adc9e3 #bbd2e8 #c8dbed #d6e4f1 #e4edf6 #f2f6fa

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#cc9968 Analogous#68cccb Analogous#6869cc Triadic#cc689b Triadic#9bcc68 Split complementary#cc6869 Split complementary#cccb68

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 49, 24, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #689bcc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 24 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 26 4 26

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 #689bcc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #689bcc; }
.text { color: #689bcc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #689bcc; }

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 #689bcc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #689bcc 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 #689bcc 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 #689bcc 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 #689bcc is computed, not guessed. 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.