Cornflower blue

#9c97ff

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 243 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 #9c97ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9c97ff

RGB156, 151, 255

HSL243, 100%, 80%

HSV243, 41%, 100%

CMYK39%, 41%, 0%, 0%

Lab66.84, 26.25, -51.18

XYZ42.83, 36.42, 99.38

Decimal10262527

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone2716 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#7871ff #554cff #3126ff #0d01ff #0a00da #0900b5 #07008f #05006a #030044 #01001f

Tints of cornflower blue

#a4a0ff #aca8ff #b5b1ff #bdb9ff #c5c2ff #cdcbff #d5d3ff #dedcff #e6e5ff #eeedff

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#faff97 Analogous#97c6ff Analogous#d097ff Triadic#ff9c97 Triadic#97ff9c Split complementary#ffd097 Split complementary#c6ff97

Cornflower blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 39, 41, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9c97ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

39 41 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

40 42 4 6

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 #9c97ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9c97ff; }
.text { color: #9c97ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9c97ff; }

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 #9c97ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9c97ff 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 #9c97ff 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 #9c97ff 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 #9c97ff 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.