Cornflower blue

#789efd

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

Cornflower blue sits in the blue band, light and vivid. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #789efd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#789efd

RGB120, 158, 253

HSL223, 97%, 73%

HSV223, 53%, 99%

CMYK53%, 38%, 0%, 1%

Lab66.17, 13.21, -51.31

XYZ37.7, 35.54, 97.8

Decimal7905021

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5686fd #356efc #1355fc #0345e9 #033bc7 #0231a5 #022783 #011d62 #011340 #00091e

Tints of cornflower blue

#84a6fd #8faffd #9bb7fe #a7c0fe #b3c8fe #bed1fe #cad9fe #d6e1fe #e2eaff #edf2ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fdd778 Analogous#78e0fd Analogous#9578fd Triadic#fd789e Triadic#9efd78 Split complementary#fd9578 Split complementary#e0fd78

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 53, 38, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #789efd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 38 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 39 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 #789efd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #789efd; }
.text { color: #789efd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #789efd; }

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 #789efd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #789efd 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 #789efd 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 #789efd 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 #789efd is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.