Cornflower blue

#748fc4

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 220 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 #748fc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#748fc4

RGB116, 143, 196

HSL220, 40%, 61%

HSV220, 41%, 77%

CMYK41%, 27%, 0%, 23%

Lab59.29, 4.11, -30.5

XYZ26.99, 27.34, 56.08

Decimal7638980

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#607fbc #4c6fb3 #4463a0 #3b578c #334a78 #2b3e65 #223251 #1a263d #121a29 #090d15

Tints of cornflower blue

#8199c9 #8da3cf #9aaed4 #a7b8d9 #b3c2df #c0cce4 #cdd6ea #d9e1ef #e6ebf4 #f2f5fa

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#c4a974 Analogous#74b7c4 Analogous#8174c4 Triadic#c4748f Triadic#8fc474 Split complementary#c48174 Split complementary#b7c474

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 41, 27, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #748fc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 27 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 29 4 29

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 #748fc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #748fc4; }
.text { color: #748fc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #748fc4; }

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 #748fc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #748fc4 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 #748fc4 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 #748fc4 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 #748fc4 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.