Cornflower blue

#8a98f3

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

This is Cornflower blue, a vivid blue at 232 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 #8a98f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a98f3

RGB138, 152, 243

HSL232, 81%, 75%

HSV232, 43%, 95%

CMYK43%, 37%, 0%, 5%

Lab65.22, 17.87, -47.25

XYZ37.89, 34.33, 89.42

Decimal9083123

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6a7cf0 #4a60ec #2b44e9 #1631da #1329bb #10229b #0d1b7b #09145b #060d3c #03061c

Tints of cornflower blue

#94a1f4 #9eaaf5 #a8b3f6 #b2bbf7 #bcc4f8 #c6cdf9 #d1d6fa #dbdffb #e5e8fc #eff1fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#f3e58a Analogous#8accf3 Analogous#b18af3 Triadic#f38a98 Triadic#98f38a Split complementary#f3b18a Split complementary#ccf38a

Cornflower blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 43, 37, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a98f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 37 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 38 4 11

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 #8a98f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a98f3; }
.text { color: #8a98f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a98f3; }

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 #8a98f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a98f3 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 #8a98f3 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 #8a98f3 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 #8a98f3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.