Cornflower blue

#7685cd

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 grounded. 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 #7685cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7685cd

RGB118, 133, 205

HSL230, 47%, 63%

HSV230, 42%, 80%

CMYK42%, 35%, 0%, 20%

Lab57.11, 13.06, -38.98

XYZ26.88, 25.03, 61.17

Decimal7767501

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6172c5 #4b5fbd #3f52ac #374897 #2f3d82 #27336c #202957 #181f41 #10152c #080b16

Tints of cornflower blue

#8290d2 #8f9bd6 #9ba6db #a8b1df #b4bce4 #c0c7e8 #cdd2ed #d9ddf1 #e6e8f6 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#cdbe76 Analogous#76b1cd Analogous#9276cd Triadic#cd7685 Triadic#85cd76 Split complementary#cd9276 Split complementary#b1cd76

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 42, 35, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7685cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 35 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 36 4 26

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 #7685cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7685cd; }
.text { color: #7685cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7685cd; }

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 #7685cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7685cd 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 #7685cd 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 #7685cd 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

The figures for #7685cd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.