Cornflower blue

#7889de

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

This is Cornflower blue, a strong blue at 230 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 #7889de, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7889de

RGB120, 137, 222

HSL230, 61%, 67%

HSV230, 46%, 87%

CMYK46%, 38%, 0%, 13%

Lab59.12, 16.17, -45.35

XYZ29.88, 27.16, 72.77

Decimal7899614

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5f73d8 #465dd2 #314ac8 #2b41af #253796 #1e2e7d #182564 #121c4b #0c1232 #060919

Tints of cornflower blue

#8494e1 #909ee4 #9ca9e7 #a8b3ea #b4beed #c0c8f0 #ccd3f3 #d9ddf6 #e5e8f9 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#decd78 Analogous#78bcde Analogous#9a78de Triadic#de7889 Triadic#89de78 Split complementary#de9a78 Split complementary#bcde78

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 46, 38, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7889de on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 38 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 39 4 19

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 #7889de straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7889de; }
.text { color: #7889de; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7889de; }

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 #7889de against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7889de 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 #7889de 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 #7889de 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 #7889de are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.