Powder blue

#88bdc0

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

Powder blue lands where green meets blue, mid and soft. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #88bdc0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88bdc0

RGB136, 189, 192

HSL183, 31%, 64%

HSV183, 29%, 75%

CMYK29%, 2%, 0%, 25%

Lab73.18, -16.48, -7.1

XYZ37.87, 45.44, 56.64

Decimal8961472

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of powder blue

#75b2b6 #61a7ab #53989c #488589 #3e7275 #345f62 #294c4e #1f393b #152627 #0b1414

Tints of powder blue

#93c3c6 #9dc9cb #a8cfd1 #b3d5d7 #bedbdc #c8e1e2 #d3e7e8 #deeded #e9f3f3 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#c08b88 Analogous#88c0a7 Analogous#88a1c0 Triadic#c088bd Triadic#bdc088 Split complementary#c088a1 Split complementary#c0a788

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 29, 2, 0, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88bdc0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 2 0 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 6 4 31

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 #88bdc0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88bdc0; }
.text { color: #88bdc0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88bdc0; }

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 #88bdc0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88bdc0 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 #88bdc0 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 #88bdc0 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

The figures for #88bdc0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.