Cornflower blue

#809bf1

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

Cornflower blue is a light blue that reads relaxed. 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 #809bf1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#809bf1

RGB128, 155, 241

HSL226, 80%, 72%

HSV226, 47%, 95%

CMYK47%, 36%, 0%, 5%

Lab65.27, 13.15, -46.14

XYZ36.5, 34.38, 87.93

Decimal8428529

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6283ee #436bea #2553e7 #1744d2 #143ab4 #103095 #0d2677 #0a1d59 #06133a #03091c

Tints of cornflower blue

#8ba4f2 #96acf3 #a1b5f5 #acbef6 #b7c7f7 #c3cff8 #ced8fa #d9e1fb #e4eafc #eff2fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#f1d680 Analogous#80d3f1 Analogous#9e80f1 Triadic#f1809b Triadic#9bf180 Split complementary#f19e80 Split complementary#d3f180

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, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #809bf1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

47 36 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

47 37 4 11

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 #809bf1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #809bf1; }
.text { color: #809bf1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #809bf1; }

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 #809bf1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #809bf1 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 #809bf1 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 #809bf1 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

Every value on this page for #809bf1 is computed, not guessed. 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.