Cornflower blue

#81a3db

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

Cornflower blue is a mid blue that reads confident. 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 #81a3db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#81a3db

RGB129, 163, 219

HSL217, 56%, 68%

HSV217, 41%, 86%

CMYK41%, 26%, 0%, 14%

Lab66.5, 2.56, -32.1

XYZ34.94, 35.98, 72.12

Decimal8496091

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6891d4 #507fcd #386dc5 #3160ac #2a5293 #23447b #1c3662 #152949 #0e1b30 #070d18

Tints of cornflower blue

#8cabde #97b3e1 #a3bce5 #aec4e8 #b9cceb #c4d4ee #cfdcf1 #dbe4f5 #e6edf8 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dbb981 Analogous#81d0db Analogous#8c81db Triadic#db81a3 Triadic#a3db81 Split complementary#db8c81 Split complementary#d0db81

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 41, 26, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #81a3db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 26 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 28 4 20

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 #81a3db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #81a3db; }
.text { color: #81a3db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #81a3db; }

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 #81a3db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #81a3db 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 #81a3db 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 #81a3db 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 #81a3db 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.