Cornflower blue

#9699ee

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 #9699ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9699ee

RGB150, 153, 238

HSL238, 72%, 76%

HSV238, 37%, 93%

CMYK37%, 36%, 0%, 7%

Lab66.09, 18.98, -43.09

XYZ39.4, 35.44, 85.65

Decimal9869806

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#777be9 #585de4 #3a3fdf #2228d3 #1d22b4 #181c95 #131777 #0e1158 #090b39 #04051a

Tints of cornflower blue

#9fa2ef #a8aaf1 #b1b3f2 #babcf4 #c3c5f5 #cccdf7 #d5d6f8 #dedffa #e7e7fb #f0f0fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#eeeb96 Analogous#96c5ee Analogous#bf96ee Triadic#ee9699 Triadic#99ee96 Split complementary#eebf96 Split complementary#c5ee96

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 37, 36, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9699ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 36 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 37 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #9699ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9699ee; }
.text { color: #9699ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9699ee; }

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 #9699ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9699ee 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 #9699ee 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 #9699ee 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 #9699ee 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.