Cornflower blue

#82a3ca

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 212 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #82a3ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#82a3ca

RGB130, 163, 202

HSL213, 40%, 65%

HSV213, 36%, 79%

CMYK36%, 19%, 0%, 21%

Lab65.91, -1.76, -23.6

XYZ32.96, 35.2, 60.93

Decimal8561610

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6d93c1 #5884b8 #4875aa #3f6694 #36587f #2d496a #243a55 #1b2c40 #121d2b #090f15

Tints of cornflower blue

#8dabcf #98b4d4 #a4bcd8 #afc4dd #bacce2 #c5d5e7 #d1ddeb #dce5f0 #e7edf5 #f2f6fa

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#caa982 Analogous#82c7ca Analogous#8582ca Triadic#ca82a3 Triadic#a3ca82 Split complementary#ca8582 Split complementary#c7ca82

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 36, 19, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #82a3ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 19 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 21 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 #82a3ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #82a3ca; }
.text { color: #82a3ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #82a3ca; }

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 #82a3ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #82a3ca 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 #82a3ca 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 #82a3ca 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 #82a3ca is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.