Powder blue

#bbe7ea

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 184 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 #bbe7ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbe7ea

RGB187, 231, 234

HSL184, 53%, 83%

HSV184, 20%, 92%

CMYK20%, 1%, 0%, 8%

Lab88.76, -13.49, -6.16

XYZ63.92, 73.66, 88.69

Decimal12314602

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of powder blue

#9ddce1 #7fd2d8 #62c7ce #44bdc5 #35a5ad #2c888f #236c71 #1a4f53 #103335 #071617

Tints of powder blue

#c0e9ec #c6ebed #cbedef #d1eff1 #d6f1f2 #dcf3f4 #e1f4f6 #e6f6f7 #ecf8f9 #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#eabebb Analogous#bbead6 Analogous#bbcfea Triadic#eabbe7 Triadic#e7eabb Split complementary#eabbcf Split complementary#ead5bb

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 1, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbe7ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 1 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 5 4 14

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 #bbe7ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbe7ea; }
.text { color: #bbe7ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbe7ea; }

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 #bbe7ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbe7ea 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 #bbe7ea 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 #bbe7ea 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 #bbe7ea is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.