Cornflower blue

#869fc8

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

Cornflower blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #869fc8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#869fc8

RGB134, 159, 200

HSL217, 37%, 65%

HSV217, 33%, 78%

CMYK33%, 21%, 0%, 22%

Lab64.99, 1.1, -23.87

XYZ32.65, 34.03, 59.49

Decimal8822728

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone645 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#718ebf #5c7eb5 #4c6ea7 #426192 #39537d #2f4568 #263754 #1d293f #131c2a #0a0e15

Tints of cornflower blue

#91a8cd #9cb0d2 #a7b9d7 #b1c2dc #bccae1 #c7d3e6 #d2dbeb #dde4f0 #e8edf4 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#c8af86 Analogous#86c0c8 Analogous#8e86c8 Triadic#c8869f Triadic#9fc886 Split complementary#c88e86 Split complementary#c0c886

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 33, 20, 0, 22.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #869fc8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 21 0 22

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 23 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #869fc8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #869fc8; }
.text { color: #869fc8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #869fc8; }

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 #869fc8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #869fc8 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 #869fc8 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 #869fc8 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 #869fc8 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.