Cornflower blue

#808bca

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

This is Cornflower blue, a soft blue at 231 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #808bca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#808bca

RGB128, 139, 202

HSL231, 41%, 65%

HSV231, 37%, 79%

CMYK37%, 31%, 0%, 21%

Lab59.27, 11.38, -33.86

XYZ28.8, 27.32, 59.63

Decimal8424394

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6b78c1 #5664b8 #4755a9 #3e4b94 #35407f #2c356a #232b55 #1b2040 #12162b #090b16

Tints of cornflower blue

#8b95cf #97a0d4 #a2aad8 #aeb5dd #b9bfe2 #c5cae7 #d0d4eb #dcdff0 #e7e9f5 #f2f3fa

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#cabf80 Analogous#80b0ca Analogous#9a80ca Triadic#ca808b Triadic#8bca80 Split complementary#ca9a80 Split complementary#b0ca80

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 37, 31, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #808bca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 31 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 33 4 27

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #808bca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #808bca; }
.text { color: #808bca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #808bca; }

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 #808bca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #808bca 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 #808bca 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 #808bca 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 #808bca 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.