Cornflower blue

#8aa2ea

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 225 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 #8aa2ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8aa2ea

RGB138, 162, 234

HSL225, 70%, 73%

HSV225, 41%, 92%

CMYK41%, 31%, 0%, 8%

Lab67.42, 9.61, -38.88

XYZ38.25, 37.18, 83.0

Decimal9085674

Web safe#9999ff

Pantone284 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#6d8be5 #5074e0 #335dda #244dc8 #1f42ab #19378e #142b71 #0f2054 #0a1537 #050a1a

Tints of cornflower blue

#94aaec #9eb2ee #a9baef #b3c2f1 #bdcaf3 #c7d3f5 #d1dbf7 #dbe3f9 #e6ebfa #f0f3fc

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#ead28a Analogous#8ad2ea Analogous#a28aea Triadic#ea8aa2 Triadic#a2ea8a Split complementary#eaa28a Split complementary#d2ea8a

Cornflower blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 41, 31, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8aa2ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

41 31 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

42 33 4 14

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 #8aa2ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8aa2ea; }
.text { color: #8aa2ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8aa2ea; }

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 #8aa2ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8aa2ea 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 #8aa2ea 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 #8aa2ea 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 #8aa2ea are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.