Cornflower blue

#6e8cbe

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 218 degrees. 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 #6e8cbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6e8cbe

RGB110, 140, 190

HSL218, 38%, 59%

HSV218, 42%, 75%

CMYK42%, 26%, 0%, 25%

Lab57.84, 2.54, -29.4

XYZ25.1, 25.79, 52.37

Decimal7244990

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5b7db6 #4c6faa #446397 #3c5785 #334b72 #2b3f60 #22324d #1a263a #121a28 #090e15

Tints of cornflower blue

#7b97c4 #89a1ca #96acd0 #a3b6d6 #b0c1dc #becbe2 #cbd6e8 #d8e0ee #e5ebf4 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#bea06e Analogous#6eb4be Analogous#786ebe Triadic#be6e8c Triadic#8cbe6e Split complementary#be786e Split complementary#b4be6e

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 42, 26, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6e8cbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 26 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 28 4 31

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #6e8cbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6e8cbe; }
.text { color: #6e8cbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6e8cbe; }

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 #6e8cbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6e8cbe against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cornflower blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6e8cbe 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cornflower blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6e8cbe 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 #6e8cbe is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.