Cornflower Blue Color
Cornflower Blue is a blue color with hex code #5170D7. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with cornflower blue, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Cornflower Blue Color Values
What Does Cornflower Blue Mean?
Cornflower Blue belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. Cornflower Blue sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Cornflower Blue is classified as a blue (nearest centroid: strong purplish blue, #545AA7). It is also known as Cornflower.
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Cornflower Blue
Cornflower Blue and #D7B850 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #50B3D7 and #7450D7, which sit beside cornflower blue on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair cornflower blue with triadic partners #D75070 and #70D750. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
CSS Examples
.text { color: #5170D7; }
.background { background-color: #5170D7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #5170D7; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #5170D740; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for cornflower blue?
Cornflower Blue has the hex code #5170D7. In RGB notation it is rgb(81, 112, 215), in HSL it is hsl(226, 63%, 58%), and its OKLCH value is 0.575, 0.161, 268.4.
What does the color cornflower blue mean?
Blue-family colors like cornflower blue carry distinct psychological associations. Cornflower Blue belongs to the blue family of colors. Blue wins popularity surveys in every culture that runs them, and corporate design reflects it. Trust and stability are the usual words people reach for. Dark navies project authority, pale blues open a layout up, and almost nothing clashes with it. Cornflower Blue sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with cornflower blue?
Cornflower Blue has three easy routes: its complement #D7B850 for punch, its neighbors #50B3D7 and #7450D7 for something calmer, or triadic partners #D75070 and #70D750 when you want energy.
Is cornflower blue a standard web color?
No — Cornflower Blue is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #5170D7 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make cornflower blue lighter or darker?
To lighten cornflower blue, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #E2E7F8 (lightest tint) to #09112A (darkest shade).
About Cornflower Blue
Cornflower Blue is classified as a Blue in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Blue hue family. It has alternative names including Cornflower. The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #5170D7 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.