Cornflower blue

#8a8ee3

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 237 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 #8a8ee3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a8ee3

RGB138, 142, 227

HSL237, 61%, 72%

HSV237, 39%, 89%

CMYK39%, 37%, 0%, 11%

Lab61.91, 19.19, -43.65

XYZ34.02, 30.3, 76.73

Decimal9080547

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6f74dd #545ad6 #3940d0 #2d33bb #262ca0 #202485 #191d6a #13164f #0c0e34 #060719

Tints of cornflower blue

#9498e5 #9fa2e8 #a9acea #b3b6ed #bdc0ef #c8c9f2 #d2d3f4 #dcddf7 #e6e7f9 #f1f1fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#e3df8a Analogous#8abbe3 Analogous#b28ae3 Triadic#e38a8e Triadic#8ee38a Split complementary#e3b28a Split complementary#bbe38a

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 39, 37, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a8ee3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 37 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 38 4 17

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 #8a8ee3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a8ee3; }
.text { color: #8a8ee3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a8ee3; }

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 #8a8ee3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a8ee3 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 #8a8ee3 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 #8a8ee3 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 #8a8ee3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.