Powder blue

#baeef8

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, soft 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 #baeef8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#baeef8

RGB186, 238, 248

HSL190, 82%, 85%

HSV190, 25%, 97%

CMYK25%, 4%, 0%, 3%

Lab90.95, -14.29, -10.25

XYZ67.77, 78.37, 100.36

Decimal12250872

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of powder blue

#95e5f4 #71dcf1 #4cd3ed #28cae9 #15b4d3 #1295ae #0e768a #0a5665 #073740 #03181c

Tints of powder blue

#bfeff9 #c5f1f9 #caf2fa #cff3fa #d4f5fb #daf6fb #dff7fc #e4f8fc #eafafd #effbfd

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#f8c4ba Analogous#baf8e3 Analogous#bacff8 Triadic#f8baee Triadic#eef8ba Split complementary#f8bacf Split complementary#f8e3ba

Powder blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 25, 4, 0, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #baeef8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 4 0 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 8 4 9

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 #baeef8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #baeef8; }
.text { color: #baeef8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #baeef8; }

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 #baeef8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #baeef8 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 #baeef8 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 #baeef8 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

The figures for #baeef8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.