Cornflower blue

#8facdd

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

Hex#8facdd

RGB143, 172, 221

HSL218, 53%, 71%

HSV218, 35%, 87%

CMYK35%, 22%, 0%, 13%

Lab69.87, 1.83, -27.93

XYZ39.13, 40.57, 74.17

Decimal9415901

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone2717 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7599d5 #5c86cd #4273c6 #3664b1 #2e5597 #26477e #1e3864 #172a4b #0f1c31 #070d17

Tints of cornflower blue

#99b3e0 #a3bbe3 #acc2e6 #b6c9e9 #c0d0ec #cad8ef #d4dff2 #dee6f5 #e7eef8 #f1f5fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ddc08f Analogous#8fd3dd Analogous#998fdd Triadic#dd8fac Triadic#acdd8f Split complementary#dd998f Split complementary#d3dd8f

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 35, 22, 0, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 22 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 24 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 #8facdd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8facdd 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 #8facdd 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 #8facdd 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 #8facdd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.