Cornflower blue

#8392c6

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. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #8392c6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8392c6
RGB131, 146, 198
HSL227, 37%, 65%
HSV227, 34%, 78%
CMYK34%, 26%, 0%, 22%
Lab61.19, 7.1, -28.62
XYZ29.83, 29.46, 57.54
Decimal8622790
Web safe#9999cc
Pantone659 C
Pantone659 CHex#8392c6Rgb131 146 198Cmyk34 26 0 22Lab61 7 -29Darker#3b4a80Deep#5267b0Lighter#b6beda

Shades of cornflower blue

Tints of cornflower blue

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 34, 26, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8392c6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
34 26 0 22
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
35 28 4 28
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 #8392c6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8392c6; }
.text { color: #8392c6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8392c6; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8392c6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
3.05:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
6.89:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8392c6 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 #8392c6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8392c6 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

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 #8392c6 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.