Cornflower blue

#8a8cfd

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, light and vivid. 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 #8a8cfd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a8cfd

RGB138, 140, 253

HSL239, 97%, 77%

HSV239, 45%, 99%

CMYK45%, 45%, 0%, 1%

Lab62.72, 27.7, -56.71

XYZ37.59, 31.25, 96.98

Decimal9080061

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6769fc #4346fc #2024fb #0408f3 #0407cf #0306ac #020588 #020365 #010242 #01011e

Tints of cornflower blue

#9496fd #9ea0fd #a8a9fe #b2b3fe #bcbdfe #c6c7fe #d0d0fe #dadafe #e4e4ff #edeeff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fdfb8a Analogous#8ac6fd Analogous#c18afd Triadic#fd8a8c Triadic#8cfd8a Split complementary#fdc18a Split complementary#c6fd8a

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 45, 45, 0, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a8cfd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 45 0 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 45 4 7

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

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #8a8cfd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a8cfd; }
.text { color: #8a8cfd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a8cfd; }

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 #8a8cfd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a8cfd 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 #8a8cfd 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 #8a8cfd 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 #8a8cfd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.