Cornflower blue

#8593ea

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 232 degrees. 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 #8593ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8593ea

RGB133, 147, 234

HSL232, 71%, 72%

HSV232, 43%, 92%

CMYK43%, 37%, 0%, 8%

Lab63.17, 16.98, -45.56

XYZ34.96, 31.79, 82.14

Decimal8754154

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#687ae5 #4c60e0 #2f47db #2239c6 #1d31aa #18288d #132070 #0e1854 #091037 #04071a

Tints of cornflower blue

#909cec #9aa6ee #a5aff0 #b0b9f1 #bac2f3 #c5ccf5 #d0d5f7 #dadff9 #e5e8fb #f0f2fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 43, 37, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8593ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 37 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 38 4 14

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #8593ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8593ea; }
.text { color: #8593ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8593ea; }

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 #8593ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8593ea against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Cornflower blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8593ea 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn cornflower blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8593ea 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 #8593ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.