Cornflower blue

#8aa4df

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 strong. 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 #8aa4df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8aa4df
RGB138, 164, 223
HSL222, 57%, 71%
HSV222, 38%, 87%
CMYK38%, 26%, 0%, 13%
Lab67.49, 5.47, -32.73
XYZ37.08, 37.28, 75.05
Decimal9086175
Web safe#9999cc
Pantone284 C
Pantone284 CHex#8aa4dfRgb138 164 223Cmyk38 26 0 13Lab67 5 -33Darker#2f55abDeep#5278d0Lighter#c4d0ec

Shades of cornflower blue

Tints of cornflower blue

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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, 26, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8aa4df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
38 26 0 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
39 28 4 19
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 #8aa4df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8aa4df; }
.text { color: #8aa4df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8aa4df; }

How cornflower blue looks on light and dark

Cornflower blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8aa4df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.48:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
8.46:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8aa4df 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 #8aa4df sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #8aa4df and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from cornflower blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #8aa4df come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.