Powder blue

#c6d8d3

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

This is Powder blue, a muted teal at 163 degrees. 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 #c6d8d3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c6d8d3

RGB198, 216, 211

HSL163, 19%, 81%

HSV163, 8%, 85%

CMYK8%, 0%, 2%, 15%

Lab84.9, -6.97, 0.39

XYZ59.6, 65.82, 71.19

Decimal13031635

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of powder blue

#afc8c1 #98b9b0 #82a99e #6b9a8d #5a8478 #4b6d64 #3b564f #2c403a #1c2925 #0c1211

Tints of powder blue

#cbdbd7 #cfdeda #d4e2de #d9e5e1 #dde8e5 #e2ebe8 #e6eeec #ebf1f0 #f0f5f3 #f4f8f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d8c6cb Analogous#c6d8ca Analogous#c6d4d8 Triadic#d3c6d8 Triadic#d8d3c6 Split complementary#d8c6d4 Split complementary#d8cac6

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 8, 0, 2, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c6d8d3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 2 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 6 21

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 #c6d8d3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c6d8d3; }
.text { color: #c6d8d3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c6d8d3; }

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 #c6d8d3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c6d8d3 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 #c6d8d3 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 #c6d8d3 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 #c6d8d3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.