Powder blue

#a8e5ef

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

Powder blue lands where green meets blue, light and strong. 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 #a8e5ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a8e5ef

RGB168, 229, 239

HSL188, 69%, 80%

HSV188, 30%, 94%

CMYK30%, 4%, 0%, 6%

Lab87.29, -16.89, -11.09

XYZ59.75, 70.6, 92.14

Decimal11068911

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#88dbe9 #68d2e3 #49c8dd #29bfd8 #22a4b9 #1c8799 #166b79 #104f59 #0b333a #05171a

Tints of powder blue

#afe7f0 #b6e9f2 #beebf3 #c5eef4 #ccf0f6 #d3f2f7 #daf4f8 #e2f6fa #e9f8fb #f0fafc

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#efb2a8 Analogous#a8efd6 Analogous#a8c1ef Triadic#efa8e5 Triadic#e5efa8 Split complementary#efa8c1 Split complementary#efd6a8

Powder blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 30, 4, 0, 6.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a8e5ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 4 0 6

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 8 4 12

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

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

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 #a8e5ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a8e5ef; }
.text { color: #a8e5ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a8e5ef; }

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 #a8e5ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a8e5ef 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 #a8e5ef 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 #a8e5ef 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

Here is how the numbers for #a8e5ef are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.