Cornflower blue

#809af0

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 226 degrees. 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 #809af0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#809af0

RGB128, 154, 240

HSL226, 79%, 72%

HSV226, 47%, 94%

CMYK47%, 36%, 0%, 6%

Lab64.96, 13.44, -46.07

XYZ36.19, 33.99, 87.09

Decimal8428272

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6282ec #446ae9 #2552e5 #1943d0 #153ab2 #113094 #0e2676 #0a1c58 #07133a #03091b

Tints of cornflower blue

#8ba3f1 #96acf3 #a1b4f4 #acbdf5 #b8c6f7 #c3cff8 #ced8f9 #d9e1fa #e4e9fc #eff2fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#f0d680 Analogous#80d2f0 Analogous#9e80f0 Triadic#f0809a Triadic#9af080 Split complementary#f09e80 Split complementary#d2f080

Cornflower blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 47, 36, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #809af0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 36 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 37 4 12

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 #809af0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #809af0; }
.text { color: #809af0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #809af0; }

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 #809af0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #809af0 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 #809af0 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 #809af0 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 #809af0 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.