Cornflower blue

#88a3ee

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 224 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #88a3ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88a3ee

RGB136, 163, 238

HSL224, 75%, 73%

HSV224, 43%, 93%

CMYK43%, 32%, 0%, 7%

Lab67.73, 9.65, -40.6

XYZ38.68, 37.6, 86.11

Decimal8954862

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6a8cea #4c75e5 #2e5de1 #1e4dcf #1941b1 #153693 #112b75 #0c2057 #081539 #040a1b

Tints of cornflower blue

#92abef #9db3f1 #a7bbf2 #b1c3f4 #bccbf5 #c6d3f7 #d0dbf8 #dbe3fa #e5ebfb #eff3fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#eed388 Analogous#88d6ee Analogous#a088ee Triadic#ee88a3 Triadic#a3ee88 Split complementary#eea088 Split complementary#d6ee88

Cornflower blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 43, 32, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88a3ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 32 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 33 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #88a3ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88a3ee; }
.text { color: #88a3ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88a3ee; }

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 #88a3ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88a3ee 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 #88a3ee 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 #88a3ee 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 #88a3ee are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.