Cornflower blue

#8c9dc3

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, mid and soft. A mid blue this balanced is a workhorse for corporate identity. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Cornflower blue color values

Every conversion for #8c9dc3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8c9dc3

RGB140, 157, 195

HSL221, 31%, 66%

HSV221, 28%, 76%

CMYK28%, 19%, 0%, 24%

Lab64.67, 2.73, -21.54

XYZ32.72, 33.63, 56.4

Decimal9215427

Web safe#9999cc

Pantone659 C

Shades of cornflower blue

#788cb9 #647bae #546ba0 #495e8c #3f5078 #344364 #2a3650 #1f283c #151b28 #0a0d14

Tints of cornflower blue

#96a6c8 #a1afce #abb7d3 #b5c0d9 #c0c9de #cad2e3 #d4dbe9 #dfe3ee #e9ecf3 #f3f5f9

Colors that go with cornflower blue

Complementary#c3b28c Analogous#8cb8c3 Analogous#978cc3 Triadic#c38c9d Triadic#9dc38c Split complementary#c3978c Split complementary#b9c38c

Cornflower blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 19, 0, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8c9dc3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 19 0 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 21 4 30

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 #8c9dc3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8c9dc3; }
.text { color: #8c9dc3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8c9dc3; }

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 #8c9dc3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8c9dc3 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 #8c9dc3 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 #8c9dc3 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 #8c9dc3 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.