Powder blue

#8ae2f3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for powder blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Powder blue is a light teal, open between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #8ae2f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8ae2f3

RGB138, 226, 243

HSL190, 81%, 75%

HSV190, 43%, 95%

CMYK43%, 7%, 0%, 5%

Lab85.13, -22.17, -16.57

XYZ53.86, 66.27, 94.75

Decimal9102067

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone636 C

Shades of powder blue

#6adaf0 #4ad2ec #2bcae9 #16bbda #13a0bb #10849b #0d697b #094e5b #06333c #03181c

Tints of powder blue

#94e4f4 #9ee7f5 #a8e9f6 #b2ecf7 #bceef8 #c6f1f9 #d1f3fa #dbf6fb #e5f8fc #effbfd

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#f39b8a Analogous#8af3d0 Analogous#8aadf3 Triadic#f38ae2 Triadic#e2f38a Split complementary#f38aad Split complementary#f3d08a

Powder blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 43, 7, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8ae2f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

43 7 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

44 10 4 11

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #8ae2f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8ae2f3; }
.text { color: #8ae2f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8ae2f3; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8ae2f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ae2f3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Powder blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8ae2f3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around powder blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn powder blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8ae2f3 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 powder blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #8ae2f3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.