Cornflower blue

#8b9ceb

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 #8b9ceb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8b9ceb

RGB139, 156, 235

HSL229, 71%, 73%

HSV229, 41%, 92%

CMYK41%, 34%, 0%, 8%

Lab65.95, 13.57, -41.71

XYZ37.53, 35.26, 83.43

Decimal9149675

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6e83e6 #506ae1 #3351dc #2340ca #1e37ad #192e8f #142472 #0f1b55 #0a1237 #05081a

Tints of cornflower blue

#95a5ed #9fadee #a9b6f0 #b3bef2 #bdc7f4 #c7d0f5 #d2d8f7 #dce1f9 #e6e9fb #f0f2fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ebda8b Analogous#8bcceb Analogous#aa8beb Triadic#eb8b9c Triadic#9ceb8b Split complementary#ebaa8b Split complementary#cceb8b

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 41, 34, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8b9ceb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 34 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 35 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 #8b9ceb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8b9ceb; }
.text { color: #8b9ceb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8b9ceb; }

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 #8b9ceb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8b9ceb 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 #8b9ceb 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 #8b9ceb 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 #8b9ceb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.