Cornflower blue

#91a0cb

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, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #91a0cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#91a0cb

RGB145, 160, 203

HSL224, 36%, 68%

HSV224, 29%, 80%

CMYK29%, 21%, 0%, 20%

Lab66.12, 4.53, -23.75

XYZ35.03, 35.47, 61.5

Decimal9543883

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone658 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7b8dc1 #667bb7 #5169ac #475b96 #3d4e81 #33416b #283455 #1e2740 #141a2a #0a0d15

Tints of cornflower blue

#9ba8d0 #a5b1d4 #aeb9d9 #b8c2de #c2cae2 #ccd3e7 #d6dbeb #dfe4f0 #e9ecf5 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#cbbc91 Analogous#91bdcb Analogous#9f91cb Triadic#cb91a0 Triadic#a0cb91 Split complementary#cb9f91 Split complementary#bdcb91

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 29, 21, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #91a0cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 21 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 23 4 26

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 #91a0cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #91a0cb; }
.text { color: #91a0cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #91a0cb; }

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 #91a0cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #91a0cb 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 #91a0cb 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 #91a0cb 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 #91a0cb 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.