Cornflower blue

#7986ea

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 233 degrees. 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 #7986ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7986ea

RGB121, 134, 234

HSL233, 73%, 70%

HSV233, 48%, 92%

CMYK48%, 43%, 0%, 8%

Lab59.03, 21.75, -52.17

XYZ31.26, 27.06, 81.42

Decimal7964394

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5d6de6 #4153e1 #253add #1f31c3 #1a2aa7 #16238b #111c6f #0d1553 #090e36 #04071a

Tints of cornflower blue

#8591ec #919bee #9da6f0 #a8b1f1 #b4bcf3 #c0c6f5 #ccd1f7 #d8dcf9 #e4e6fb #f0f1fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#eadd79 Analogous#79beea Analogous#a479ea Triadic#ea7986 Triadic#86ea79 Split complementary#eaa579 Split complementary#beea79

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 48, 43, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7986ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 43 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 44 4 14

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #7986ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7986ea; }
.text { color: #7986ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7986ea; }

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 #7986ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7986ea 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 #7986ea 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 #7986ea 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.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #7986ea 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.