Cornflower blue

#60a5eb

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

Cornflower blue is a mid blue that reads balanced. 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 #60a5eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#60a5eb

RGB96, 165, 235

HSL210, 78%, 65%

HSV210, 59%, 92%

CMYK59%, 30%, 0%, 8%

Lab66.06, -1.29, -41.72

XYZ33.27, 35.4, 83.68

Decimal6333931

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#4596e8 #2b87e4 #1b78d6 #1869bb #145aa1 #114b86 #0d3c6b #0a2d51 #071e36 #030f1b

Tints of cornflower blue

#6eaded #7db5ef #8bbdf0 #99c5f2 #a8cef4 #b6d6f6 #c4def8 #d3e6f9 #e1eefb #eff6fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#eba660 Analogous#60eaeb Analogous#6160eb Triadic#eb60a5 Triadic#a5eb60 Split complementary#eb6160 Split complementary#eaeb60

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 59, 30, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #60a5eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

59 30 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

58 32 4 14

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 #60a5eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #60a5eb; }
.text { color: #60a5eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #60a5eb; }

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 #60a5eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #60a5eb 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 #60a5eb 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 #60a5eb 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

Every value on this page for #60a5eb is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.