Cornflower blue

#89a7ea

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

Cornflower blue is a light blue that reads relaxed. 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 #89a7ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#89a7ea

RGB137, 167, 234

HSL221, 70%, 73%

HSV221, 41%, 92%

CMYK41%, 29%, 0%, 8%

Lab68.68, 6.52, -36.92

XYZ38.99, 38.9, 83.29

Decimal9021418

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6c91e5 #4f7ce0 #3266db #2356c7 #1e4aaa #193d8e #143171 #0f2454 #0a1837 #050b1a

Tints of cornflower blue

#93afec #9eb6ee #a8beef #b2c6f1 #bccdf3 #c7d5f5 #d1ddf7 #dbe4f9 #e6ecfa #f0f4fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 41, 29, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #89a7ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 29 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 31 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #89a7ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #89a7ea; }
.text { color: #89a7ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #89a7ea; }

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 #89a7ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #89a7ea 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 #89a7ea 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 #89a7ea 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #89a7ea are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.