Cornflower blue

#7aa0ea

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

Cornflower blue is a light blue that reads soft. 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 #7aa0ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7aa0ea

RGB122, 160, 234

HSL220, 73%, 70%

HSV220, 48%, 92%

CMYK48%, 32%, 0%, 8%

Lab65.92, 6.8, -41.29

XYZ35.45, 35.22, 82.77

Decimal8036586

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5e8ce6 #4278e1 #2664dd #1f57c3 #1a4aa7 #163e8b #11316f #0d2553 #091837 #040c1a

Tints of cornflower blue

#86a8ec #92b1ee #9db9f0 #a9c2f1 #b5caf3 #c1d2f5 #ccdbf7 #d8e3f9 #e4ecfb #f0f4fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 48, 32, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7aa0ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 32 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 33 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 #7aa0ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7aa0ea; }
.text { color: #7aa0ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7aa0ea; }

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 #7aa0ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7aa0ea 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 #7aa0ea 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 #7aa0ea 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 #7aa0ea is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.