Cornflower blue

#9ba4ee

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 233 degrees. 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 #9ba4ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9ba4ee

RGB155, 164, 238

HSL233, 71%, 77%

HSV233, 35%, 93%

CMYK35%, 31%, 0%, 7%

Lab69.25, 14.06, -38.12

XYZ42.23, 39.69, 86.32

Decimal10200302

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7c88e9 #5d6ce3 #3e4fde #2437d4 #1f2fb5 #1a2796 #141f77 #0f1758 #0a0f39 #04071a

Tints of cornflower blue

#a3acef #acb3f1 #b4bbf2 #bdc3f4 #c5cbf5 #ced2f7 #d6daf8 #dfe2fa #e7e9fb #f0f1fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#eee59b Analogous#9bcdee Analogous#bb9bee Triadic#ee9ba4 Triadic#a4ee9b Split complementary#eebb9b Split complementary#ceee9b

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 35, 31, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9ba4ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 31 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 33 4 13

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 #9ba4ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9ba4ee; }
.text { color: #9ba4ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9ba4ee; }

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 #9ba4ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9ba4ee 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 #9ba4ee 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 #9ba4ee 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 #9ba4ee are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.