Cornflower blue

#7b8aeb

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 open. 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 #7b8aeb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7b8aeb

RGB123, 138, 235

HSL232, 74%, 70%

HSV232, 48%, 92%

CMYK48%, 41%, 0%, 8%

Lab60.24, 20.14, -50.8

XYZ32.25, 28.39, 82.38

Decimal8096491

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5f71e7 #4258e2 #263ede #1e34c5 #1a2da9 #15258c #111e70 #0d1653 #080f37 #04071b

Tints of cornflower blue

#8794ed #929fef #9ea9f0 #aab3f2 #b5bef4 #c1c8f6 #cdd2f7 #d8ddf9 #e4e7fb #eff1fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ebdc7b Analogous#7bc2eb Analogous#a47beb Triadic#eb7b8a Triadic#8aeb7b Split complementary#eba47b Split complementary#c2eb7b

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 48, 41, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7b8aeb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

48 41 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

48 42 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 #7b8aeb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7b8aeb; }
.text { color: #7b8aeb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7b8aeb; }

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 #7b8aeb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7b8aeb 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 #7b8aeb 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 #7b8aeb 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 #7b8aeb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.