Cornflower Blue

About Cornflower Blue

Cornflower Blue is the hex color #6495ED, which translates to rgb(100, 149, 237) in RGB and hsl(219, 79%, 66%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 219 degrees, with a saturation of 79 percent and a lightness of 66 percent. That combination gives Cornflower Blue a saturated mid tone: strong enough for buttons and links, still calm enough for larger areas.

How Cornflower Blue compares

Cornflower Blue is exactly the CSS keyword cornflowerblue, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is blue-400 (#51A2FF), at a distance of 7.3. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Dodger Blue at 14.3. Sorted by lightness, Cornflower Blue is number 24 of the 30 blue colors here.

Text on Cornflower Blue

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Cornflower Blue, led by Ink black at 6.44:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Cornflower Blue already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Cornflower Blue

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Cornflower Blue for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.