Cornflower blue

#7da7cb

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 208 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 #7da7cb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7da7cb

RGB125, 167, 203

HSL208, 43%, 64%

HSV208, 38%, 80%

CMYK38%, 18%, 0%, 20%

Lab66.76, -5.09, -22.88

XYZ33.06, 36.31, 61.77

Decimal8234955

Web safe#6699cc

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6899c3 #538aba #447bab #3c6c95 #335d80 #2b4d6b #223e56 #1a2f40 #111f2b #091016

Tints of cornflower blue

#89afd0 #94b7d4 #a0bfd9 #acc7de #b8cfe2 #c3d7e7 #cfdfec #dbe6f1 #e7eef5 #f2f6fa

Colors that go with cornflower blue

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Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 18, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7da7cb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 18 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 21 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 #7da7cb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7da7cb; }
.text { color: #7da7cb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7da7cb; }

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 #7da7cb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7da7cb 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 #7da7cb 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 #7da7cb 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #7da7cb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.