Cornflower blue

#8ab5fa

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

This is Cornflower blue, a vivid blue at 217 degrees. Light blues like this feel trustworthy, common in finance and software. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #8ab5fa, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ab5fa

RGB138, 181, 250

HSL217, 92%, 76%

HSV217, 45%, 98%

CMYK45%, 28%, 0%, 2%

Lab73.12, 3.4, -38.69

XYZ44.26, 45.35, 96.86

Decimal9090554

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone278 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#689ff9 #458af7 #2374f6 #0a60eb #0952c9 #0744a6 #063684 #042862 #031a40 #010c1d

Tints of cornflower blue

#94bbfa #9ec2fb #a8c8fb #b2cefc #bcd5fc #c6dbfd #d0e1fd #dae8fd #e4eefe #eef4fe

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#facf8a Analogous#8aedfa Analogous#978afa Triadic#fa8ab5 Triadic#b5fa8a Split complementary#fa978a Split complementary#edfa8a

Cornflower blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 45, 28, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ab5fa on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 28 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 30 4 8

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 #8ab5fa straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ab5fa; }
.text { color: #8ab5fa; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ab5fa; }

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 #8ab5fa against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ab5fa 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 #8ab5fa 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 #8ab5fa 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 #8ab5fa is computed, not guessed. 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.