Cornflower blue

#90a9ed

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 #90a9ed, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#90a9ed

RGB144, 169, 237

HSL224, 72%, 75%

HSV224, 39%, 93%

CMYK39%, 29%, 0%, 7%

Lab69.77, 8.03, -36.83

XYZ40.98, 40.42, 85.76

Decimal9480685

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7292e8 #547ae3 #3663de #2250cf #1d45b1 #183993 #132d75 #0e2257 #091638 #040a1a

Tints of cornflower blue

#9ab0ef #a3b8f0 #adbff2 #b6c7f3 #c0cef5 #c9d5f6 #d3ddf8 #dde4f9 #e6ecfb #f0f3fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#edd490 Analogous#90d7ed Analogous#a590ed Triadic#ed90a9 Triadic#a9ed90 Split complementary#eda690 Split complementary#d7ed90

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 39, 29, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #90a9ed on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 29 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 31 4 13

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 #90a9ed straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #90a9ed; }
.text { color: #90a9ed; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90a9ed; }

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 #90a9ed against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #90a9ed 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 #90a9ed 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 #90a9ed 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 #90a9ed are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.