Cornflower blue

#9599ec

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 #9599ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9599ec

RGB149, 153, 236

HSL237, 70%, 75%

HSV237, 37%, 93%

CMYK37%, 35%, 0%, 7%

Lab65.93, 18.18, -42.25

XYZ38.93, 35.23, 84.1

Decimal9804268

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#777ce7 #595fe1 #3b42dc #252dce #2026b0 #1a2092 #151974 #0f1356 #0a0c38 #05061a

Tints of cornflower blue

#9ea2ee #a7aaef #b0b3f1 #b9bcf3 #c2c5f4 #cccdf6 #d5d6f7 #dedff9 #e7e8fb #f0f0fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ece895 Analogous#95c4ec Analogous#bd95ec Triadic#ec9599 Triadic#99ec95 Split complementary#ecbd95 Split complementary#c4ec95

Cornflower blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 37, 35, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9599ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 35 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 36 4 13

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 #9599ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9599ec; }
.text { color: #9599ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9599ec; }

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 #9599ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9599ec 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 #9599ec 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 #9599ec 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9599ec are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.