
| Cornflower blue (X11) | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #6495ED |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (100, 149, 237) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (219°, 58%, 93%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (62, 83, 254°) |
| Source | X11 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Brilliant blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
| Cornflower (Crayola) | |
|---|---|
| Hex triplet | #93CCEA |
| sRGBB (r,g,b) | (147, 204, 234) |
| HSV (h,s,v) | (201°, 37%, 92%) |
| CIELChuv (L,C,h) | (79, 42, 228°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Very light greenish blue |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Cornflower blue is a shade of medium-to-lightblue containing relatively littlegreen. This hue was one of the favorites of the Dutch painterJohannes Vermeer.[1]

The most valuable bluesapphires are called cornflower blue, having a medium-darkviolet-blue hue.[2]
Robert Boyle reported a bluedye produced from the cornflower.[3] This was also calledBoyle's Blue[4] andCyan Blue.[5] This dye color, however, was not widely commercialized.[6]
Cornflower blue is adefined color in theX Window (X11) color scheme.[7] As such, it is a color available as anamed color for webpages.
CornFlowerBlue ( ) is anHTML color name, itshexadecimal code is #6495ED.[8]
Cornflower is aCrayolacolor with hexadecimal code #93CCEA.[9] It was originally introduced in 1958, in the box of 48crayons. The color is also called light cornflower.[10]
Cornflower BlueRAL code is RAL 270 50 40[11]
Cornflower blue is the default clear color used in theXNA framework.
Coat color of Bavarian infantry in the early 19th Century especially found in the Napoleonic Era.[12]
The German popular song "Kornblumenblau" (literally "cornflower blue") humorously glorifies extreme drunkenness,blau being German slang for "drunk" and cornflower blue being an intense shade of the color.[13]
InChuck Palahniuk'sFight Club, Cornflower blue is a color associated with the Narrator's boss; it is revealed that he chose that particular shade of blue to highlight an icon.[14]
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