Cornflower blue

#9aa3ff

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 #9aa3ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9aa3ff

RGB154, 163, 255

HSL235, 100%, 80%

HSV235, 40%, 100%

CMYK40%, 36%, 0%, 0%

Lab69.67, 18.9, -46.72

XYZ44.47, 40.28, 100.04

Decimal10134527

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2717 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7481ff #4e5eff #283cff #0319ff #0014dc #0010b6 #000d90 #00096a #000644 #00031f

Tints of cornflower blue

#a2abff #abb2ff #b3baff #bbc1ff #c4c9ff #ccd0ff #d4d8ff #dde0ff #e5e7ff #edefff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fff69a Analogous#9ad6ff Analogous#c39aff Triadic#ff9aa3 Triadic#a3ff9a Split complementary#ffc39a Split complementary#d6ff9a

Cornflower blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 40, 36, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9aa3ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

40 36 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

41 37 4 6

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 #9aa3ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9aa3ff; }
.text { color: #9aa3ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9aa3ff; }

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 #9aa3ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9aa3ff 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 #9aa3ff 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 #9aa3ff 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 #9aa3ff 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 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.