Cornflower blue

#6a99fa

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

This is Cornflower blue, a vivid blue at 220 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #6a99fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6a99fa

RGB106, 153, 250

HSL220, 94%, 70%

HSV220, 58%, 98%

CMYK58%, 39%, 0%, 2%

Lab63.96, 12.34, -53.21

XYZ34.59, 32.75, 94.94

Decimal6986234

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4b83f9 #2b6ef8 #0c58f7 #074cdb #0641bb #05369c #042b7c #03205d #02153d #010a1e

Tints of cornflower blue

#77a2fa #84abfb #92b4fb #9fbdfc #acc6fc #b9cffd #c6d8fd #d3e1fe #e1eafe #eef3fe

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#facb6a Analogous#6ae1fa Analogous#836afa Triadic#fa6a99 Triadic#99fa6a Split complementary#fa836a Split complementary#e1fa6a

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 58, 39, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6a99fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

58 39 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

57 40 4 8

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 #6a99fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6a99fa; }
.text { color: #6a99fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6a99fa; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6a99fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6a99fa 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 #6a99fa 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 #6a99fa 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 #6a99fa 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.