Powder blue

#b8e4e1

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

This is Powder blue, a soft teal at 176 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #b8e4e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8e4e1

RGB184, 228, 225

HSL176, 45%, 81%

HSV176, 19%, 89%

CMYK19%, 0%, 1%, 11%

Lab87.54, -14.77, -3.25

XYZ61.1, 71.11, 81.74

Decimal12117217

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone635 C

Shades of powder blue

#9cd9d5 #81cfca #65c4be #49bab2 #3da09a #32857f #286965 #1d4d4a #133230 #081615

Tints of powder blue

#bee6e3 #c4e8e6 #c9ebe8 #cfedeb #d5efed #dbf1f0 #e1f3f2 #e6f6f5 #ecf8f7 #f2fafa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e4b8bb Analogous#b8e4cb Analogous#b8d1e4 Triadic#e1b8e4 Triadic#e4e1b8 Split complementary#e4b8d1 Split complementary#e4cbb8

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 0, 1, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8e4e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 0 1 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 4 5 17

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 #b8e4e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8e4e1; }
.text { color: #b8e4e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8e4e1; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #b8e4e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8e4e1 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 #b8e4e1 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 #b8e4e1 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #b8e4e1 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.