Cornflower blue

#899cdc

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 226 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 #899cdc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#899cdc

RGB137, 156, 220

HSL226, 54%, 70%

HSV226, 38%, 86%

CMYK38%, 29%, 0%, 14%

Lab65.17, 8.93, -34.67

XYZ35.12, 34.26, 72.47

Decimal9018588

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7087d5 #5772cd #3d5dc6 #3450af #2c4495 #25397c #1d2d63 #16224a #0e1631 #070b18

Tints of cornflower blue

#93a5df #9eade2 #a8b6e5 #b3bfe8 #bdc8eb #c8d0ef #d2d9f2 #dce2f5 #e7ebf8 #f1f3fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dcc989 Analogous#89c5dc Analogous#9f89dc Triadic#dc899c Triadic#9cdc89 Split complementary#dca089 Split complementary#c5dc89

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 38, 29, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #899cdc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 29 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 31 4 20

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 #899cdc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #899cdc; }
.text { color: #899cdc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #899cdc; }

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 #899cdc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #899cdc 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 #899cdc 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 #899cdc 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 #899cdc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.