Cornflower blue

#8e9cf4

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

Cornflower blue is a light blue that reads open. 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 #8e9cf4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8e9cf4

RGB142, 156, 244

HSL232, 82%, 76%

HSV232, 42%, 96%

CMYK42%, 36%, 0%, 4%

Lab66.57, 16.84, -45.67

XYZ39.37, 36.06, 90.47

Decimal9346292

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6e80f1 #4d63ee #2d47eb #1631de #122abe #0f239d #0c1c7d #09155d #060d3c #03061c

Tints of cornflower blue

#98a4f5 #a1adf6 #abb5f7 #b5bef8 #bec6f9 #c8cffa #d2d7fb #dbe0fc #e5e8fc #eff1fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#f4e68e Analogous#8ecff4 Analogous#b38ef4 Triadic#f48e9c Triadic#9cf48e Split complementary#f4b38e Split complementary#cff48e

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 42, 36, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8e9cf4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

42 36 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

43 37 4 10

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 #8e9cf4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8e9cf4; }
.text { color: #8e9cf4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8e9cf4; }

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 #8e9cf4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8e9cf4 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 #8e9cf4 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 #8e9cf4 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 #8e9cf4 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.