Cornflower blue

#6ea8ea

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

This is Cornflower blue, a strong blue at 212 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 #6ea8ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6ea8ea

RGB110, 168, 234

HSL212, 75%, 67%

HSV212, 53%, 92%

CMYK53%, 28%, 0%, 8%

Lab67.47, -0.44, -38.91

XYZ35.28, 37.26, 83.17

Decimal7252202

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5398e6 #3787e2 #2077da #1c68bf #1859a4 #144a88 #103b6d #0c2c51 #081d36 #040f1b

Tints of cornflower blue

#7bb0ec #88b8ee #95bff0 #a2c7f1 #afcff3 #bcd7f5 #c9def7 #d6e6f9 #e2eefb #eff6fd

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#eab06e Analogous#6ee6ea Analogous#726eea Triadic#ea6ea8 Triadic#a8ea6e Split complementary#ea726e Split complementary#e6ea6e

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 53, 28, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6ea8ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

53 28 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

53 30 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 #6ea8ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6ea8ea; }
.text { color: #6ea8ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6ea8ea; }

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 #6ea8ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6ea8ea 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 #6ea8ea 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 #6ea8ea 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 #6ea8ea are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.