Cornflower blue

#a09dff

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 vivid. 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 #a09dff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a09dff

RGB160, 157, 255

HSL242, 100%, 81%

HSV242, 38%, 100%

CMYK37%, 38%, 0%, 0%

Lab68.61, 23.85, -48.36

XYZ44.6, 38.81, 99.75

Decimal10526207

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7b77ff #5651ff #312bff #0c04ff #0700dd #0600b7 #040091 #03006b #020045 #01001f

Tints of cornflower blue

#a8a5ff #b0adff #b7b5ff #bfbdff #c7c5ff #cfcdff #d6d5ff #deddff #e6e5ff #eeedff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#fcff9d Analogous#9dcbff Analogous#d19dff Triadic#ffa09d Triadic#9dffa0 Split complementary#ffd19d Split complementary#cbff9d

Cornflower blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 37, 38, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a09dff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

37 38 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

38 39 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #a09dff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a09dff; }
.text { color: #a09dff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a09dff; }

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 #a09dff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a09dff 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 #a09dff 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 #a09dff 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 #a09dff are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.