Cornflower blue

#7eaee5

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 212 degrees. 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 #7eaee5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7eaee5

RGB126, 174, 229

HSL212, 66%, 70%

HSV212, 45%, 90%

CMYK45%, 24%, 0%, 10%

Lab69.73, -1.56, -32.61

XYZ37.88, 40.36, 79.92

Decimal8302309

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#639de0 #488cda #2d7bd5 #266cbb #205ca0 #1b4d85 #153d6a #102e4f #0b1e34 #050f19

Tints of cornflower blue

#89b5e7 #95bcea #a0c4ec #accbee #b7d2f1 #c2d9f3 #cee0f5 #d9e7f7 #e5effa #f0f6fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#e5b57e Analogous#7ee1e5 Analogous#827ee5 Triadic#e57eae Triadic#aee57e Split complementary#e5827e Split complementary#e1e57e

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 45, 24, 0, 10.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7eaee5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 24 0 10

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 26 4 16

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 #7eaee5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7eaee5; }
.text { color: #7eaee5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7eaee5; }

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 #7eaee5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7eaee5 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 #7eaee5 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 #7eaee5 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 #7eaee5 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.