Cornflower blue

#7e87f5

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, light and vivid. 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 #7e87f5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7e87f5

RGB126, 135, 245

HSL235, 86%, 73%

HSV235, 49%, 96%

CMYK49%, 45%, 0%, 4%

Lab60.21, 25.57, -56.36

XYZ33.75, 28.36, 90.08

Decimal8292341

Web safe#6699ff

Pantone279 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#5e6af3 #3f4cf0 #1f2fee #1120da #0e1bba #0c179b #0a127b #070d5c #05093c #02041c

Tints of cornflower blue

#8991f6 #949cf7 #a0a6f8 #abb1f8 #b6bbf9 #c1c6fa #cdd0fb #d8dbfc #e3e5fd #eef0fe

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#f5ec7e Analogous#7ec3f5 Analogous#b17ef5 Triadic#f57e87 Triadic#87f57e Split complementary#f5b17e Split complementary#c3f57e

Cornflower blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 49, 45, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7e87f5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

49 45 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

49 45 4 10

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 #7e87f5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7e87f5; }
.text { color: #7e87f5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7e87f5; }

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 #7e87f5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7e87f5 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 #7e87f5 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 #7e87f5 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 #7e87f5 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.