Cornflower blue

#6ea7fc

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

Cornflower blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #6ea7fc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6ea7fc

RGB110, 167, 252

HSL216, 96%, 71%

HSV216, 56%, 99%

CMYK56%, 34%, 0%, 1%

Lab68.01, 5.66, -47.89

XYZ37.82, 37.98, 97.43

Decimal7251964

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4e93fb #2d80fb #0d6cfa #055de1 #0450c0 #0342a0 #03357f #02275f #011a3e #010c1e

Tints of cornflower blue

#7baffc #88b6fd #94befd #a1c6fd #aecefd #bbd5fe #c7ddfe #d4e5fe #e1edfe #eef4ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fcc36e Analogous#6eeefc Analogous#7c6efc Triadic#fc6ea7 Triadic#a7fc6e Split complementary#fc7c6e Split complementary#eefc6e

Cornflower blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 56, 34, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6ea7fc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

56 34 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

56 35 4 7

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 #6ea7fc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6ea7fc; }
.text { color: #6ea7fc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6ea7fc; }

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 #6ea7fc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6ea7fc 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 #6ea7fc 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 #6ea7fc 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 #6ea7fc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.