Cornflower blue

#5ea2cb

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for cornflower blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Cornflower blue, a soft blue at 203 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #5ea2cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5ea2cb

RGB94, 162, 203

HSL203, 51%, 58%

HSV203, 54%, 80%

CMYK54%, 20%, 0%, 20%

Lab63.78, -9.94, -27.58

XYZ28.32, 32.53, 61.29

Decimal6202059

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone2915 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4a96c4 #3b89b8 #357aa4 #2e6b90 #285c7c #214d68 #1b3e54 #142f3f #0e202b #071117

Tints of cornflower blue

#6dabd0 #7cb3d5 #8abcd9 #99c4de #a8cde3 #b7d5e8 #c5deec #d4e6f1 #e3eff6 #f2f7fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#cb875e Analogous#5ecbbe Analogous#5e6bcb Triadic#cb5ea2 Triadic#a2cb5e Split complementary#cb5e6b Split complementary#cbbe5e

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 54, 20, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5ea2cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

54 20 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

54 22 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Cornflower blue in css

Copy #5ea2cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5ea2cb; }
.text { color: #5ea2cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5ea2cb; }

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 #5ea2cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5ea2cb 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 #5ea2cb 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 #5ea2cb 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 #5ea2cb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.