Cornflower blue

#689cdb

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 #689cdb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#689cdb

RGB104, 156, 219

HSL213, 61%, 63%

HSV213, 53%, 86%

CMYK53%, 29%, 0%, 14%

Lab63.21, 0.47, -37.33

XYZ30.38, 31.83, 71.56

Decimal6855899

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#508dd5 #397dd0 #2d6fbe #2861a6 #22538f #1c4577 #173860 #112a48 #0c1c30 #060e19

Tints of cornflower blue

#76a5de #83aee2 #91b7e5 #9fc0e8 #acc9eb #bad2ef #c8dbf2 #d5e4f5 #e3edf8 #f1f6fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dba768 Analogous#68d6db Analogous#6d68db Triadic#db689c Triadic#9cdb68 Split complementary#db6d68 Split complementary#d5db68

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 53, 29, 0, 14.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 29 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 31 4 20

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 #689cdb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #689cdb 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 #689cdb 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 #689cdb 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 #689cdb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.