Cornflower blue

#5fa5ff

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

This is Cornflower blue, a vivid blue at 214 degrees. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #5fa5ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#5fa5ff

RGB95, 165, 255

HSL214, 100%, 69%

HSV214, 63%, 100%

CMYK63%, 35%, 0%, 0%

Lab66.95, 4.98, -51.23

XYZ36.22, 36.56, 99.76

Decimal6268415

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#3f93ff #1f81ff #006ffe #0061de #0053be #00459e #00377e #00295e #001b3f #000d1f

Tints of cornflower blue

#6dadff #7bb5ff #8abdff #98c5ff #a6cdff #b4d5ff #c3ddff #d1e5ff #dfedff #edf5ff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ffb95f Analogous#5ff5ff Analogous#695fff Triadic#ff5fa5 Triadic#a5ff5f Split complementary#ff695f Split complementary#f5ff5f

Cornflower blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 63, 35, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #5fa5ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

63 35 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

62 36 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 #5fa5ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #5fa5ff; }
.text { color: #5fa5ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5fa5ff; }

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 #5fa5ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #5fa5ff 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 #5fa5ff 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 #5fa5ff 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 #5fa5ff come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.