Cornflower blue

#809dbe

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

Cornflower blue sits in the blue band, mid and soft. 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 #809dbe, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#809dbe

RGB128, 157, 190

HSL212, 32%, 62%

HSV212, 33%, 75%

CMYK33%, 17%, 0%, 25%

Lab63.69, -2.1, -20.31

XYZ30.25, 32.42, 53.38

Decimal8428990

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone645 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6d8eb4 #5a80ab #4e7199 #456386 #3b5573 #314760 #28394d #1e2b3a #141d27 #0a0f14

Tints of cornflower blue

#8ca6c4 #97afca #a3b8d0 #aec1d6 #bac9db #c5d2e1 #d1dbe7 #dce4ed #e8edf3 #f3f6f9

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#bea180 Analogous#80bcbe Analogous#8280be Triadic#be809d Triadic#9dbe80 Split complementary#be8280 Split complementary#bcbe80

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 33, 17, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #809dbe on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

33 17 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

34 20 4 31

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 #809dbe straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #809dbe; }
.text { color: #809dbe; }
.border { border: 2px solid #809dbe; }

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 #809dbe against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #809dbe 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 #809dbe 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 #809dbe 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 #809dbe are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.