Cornflower blue

#7ca0df

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 218 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #7ca0df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7ca0df

RGB124, 160, 223

HSL218, 61%, 68%

HSV218, 44%, 87%

CMYK44%, 28%, 0%, 13%

Lab65.56, 4.1, -35.79

XYZ34.2, 34.75, 74.72

Decimal8167647

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#638ed9 #497bd3 #3169cb #2b5cb1 #254f98 #1f427e #193465 #12274b #0c1a32 #060d19

Tints of cornflower blue

#88a8e2 #93b1e5 #9fb9e8 #abc2ea #b6caed #c2d3f0 #cedbf3 #d9e4f6 #e5ecf9 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dfbb7c Analogous#7cd1df Analogous#8a7cdf Triadic#df7ca0 Triadic#a0df7c Split complementary#df8a7c Split complementary#d2df7c

Cornflower blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 44, 28, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7ca0df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

44 28 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 30 4 19

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #7ca0df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7ca0df; }
.text { color: #7ca0df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7ca0df; }

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 #7ca0df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7ca0df 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 #7ca0df 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 #7ca0df 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 #7ca0df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.