Cornflower blue

#7ba0ff

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 #7ba0ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7ba0ff

RGB123, 160, 255

HSL223, 100%, 74%

HSV223, 52%, 100%

CMYK52%, 37%, 0%, 0%

Lab66.96, 13.31, -51.14

XYZ38.79, 36.57, 99.62

Decimal8102143

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5887ff #366eff #1355ff #0043ef #0039cc #0030aa #002687 #001c64 #001241 #00091f

Tints of cornflower blue

#86a8ff #92b0ff #9db9ff #a9c1ff #b4c9ff #bfd1ff #cbdaff #d6e2ff #e2eaff #edf2ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ffda7b Analogous#7be2ff Analogous#987bff Triadic#ff7ba0 Triadic#a0ff7b Split complementary#ff987b Split complementary#e2ff7b

Cornflower blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 52, 37, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7ba0ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

52 37 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

52 38 4 6

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 #7ba0ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7ba0ff; }
.text { color: #7ba0ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7ba0ff; }

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 #7ba0ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7ba0ff 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 #7ba0ff 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 #7ba0ff 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 #7ba0ff are worked out. 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.