Cornflower Color
Cornflower is a blue color with hex code #6CADE4. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with cornflower, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Cornflower Color Values
What Does Cornflower Mean?
Cornflower 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 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 is classified as a blue (nearest centroid: light blue, #70A3CC).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Cornflower
Cornflower and #E4A26C 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 — #6CE4DE and #6C72E4, which sit beside cornflower on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair cornflower with triadic partners #E46CAE and #AEE46C. 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
- Jordy Blue —
#8AB9F1(Delta E 7) - Sky Blue —
#75BBFD(Delta E 8) - Picton Blue —
#45B1E8(Delta E 8) - Sky —
#82CAFC(Delta E 11) - Malibu —
#7DC8F7(Delta E 11)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #6CADE4; }
.background { background-color: #6CADE4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6CADE4; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #6CADE440; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for cornflower?
Cornflower has the hex code #6CADE4. In RGB notation it is rgb(108, 173, 228), in HSL it is hsl(207, 69%, 66%), and its OKLCH value is 0.726, 0.105, 245.5.
What does the color cornflower mean?
Blue-family colors like cornflower carry distinct psychological associations. Cornflower 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 sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with cornflower?
Cornflower has three easy routes: its complement #E4A26C for punch, its neighbors #6CE4DE and #6C72E4 for something calmer, or triadic partners #E46CAE and #AEE46C when you want energy.
Is cornflower a standard web color?
No — Cornflower is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #6CADE4 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make cornflower lighter or darker?
To lighten cornflower, 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 #E5F1FA (lightest tint) to #091E2F (darkest shade).
About Cornflower
Cornflower is classified as a Blue in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Blue hue family. It has The color is recognized by Crayola.
Use our Color Converter to convert #6CADE4 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.