Cornflower blue

#8a96df

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

Cornflower blue is a light blue that reads open. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #8a96df, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8a96df

RGB138, 150, 223

HSL232, 57%, 71%

HSV232, 38%, 87%

CMYK38%, 33%, 0%, 13%

Lab63.79, 13.46, -38.48

XYZ34.71, 32.54, 74.26

Decimal9082591

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#707fd8 #5667d1 #3c50ca #3144b4 #2a3a9a #233080 #1c2666 #151d4c #0e1332 #070918

Tints of cornflower blue

#949fe2 #9fa8e5 #a9b2e7 #b3bbea #bdc4ed #c8cdf0 #d2d7f3 #dce0f6 #e7e9f8 #f1f2fb

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#dfd38a Analogous#8ac1df Analogous#a98adf Triadic#df8a96 Triadic#96df8a Split complementary#dfa98a Split complementary#c0df8a

Cornflower blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 38, 33, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8a96df on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 33 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 34 4 19

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 #8a96df straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8a96df; }
.text { color: #8a96df; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8a96df; }

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 #8a96df against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8a96df 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 #8a96df 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 #8a96df 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 #8a96df 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.