Powder blue

#c8d9d8

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, open between blue and green. 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 #c8d9d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8d9d8

RGB200, 217, 216

HSL176, 18%, 82%

HSV176, 8%, 85%

CMYK8%, 0%, 0%, 15%

Lab85.43, -5.87, -1.47

XYZ61.03, 66.86, 74.66

Decimal13162968

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of powder blue

#b1c9c8 #9ab9b8 #83aaa7 #6d9a97 #5b8482 #4c6e6c #3c5755 #2c403f #1c2928 #0d1212

Tints of powder blue

#ccdcdb #d1dfde #d5e2e1 #dae5e5 #dee8e8 #e3ebeb #e7eeee #ecf2f1 #f0f5f4 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d9c8c9 Analogous#c8d9d0 Analogous#c8d2d9 Triadic#d8c8d9 Triadic#d9d8c8 Split complementary#d9c8d1 Split complementary#d9d0c8

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, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8d9d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 0 0 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 4 4 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 #c8d9d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8d9d8; }
.text { color: #c8d9d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8d9d8; }

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 #c8d9d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8d9d8 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 #c8d9d8 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 #c8d9d8 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

Every value on this page for #c8d9d8 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.