Powder blue

#8cd3db

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 186 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 #8cd3db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8cd3db

RGB140, 211, 219

HSL186, 52%, 70%

HSV186, 36%, 86%

CMYK36%, 4%, 0%, 14%

Lab80.34, -20.15, -11.0

XYZ46.9, 57.28, 75.6

Decimal9229275

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of powder blue

#73c9d3 #5ac0cb #41b6c4 #36a1ad #2e8a94 #27737b #1f5b62 #174449 #0f2d30 #071617

Tints of powder blue

#96d7de #a0dbe1 #aadfe5 #b5e3e8 #bfe6eb #c9eaee #d3eef1 #ddf2f4 #e7f6f8 #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#db948c Analogous#8cdbbb Analogous#8cabdb Triadic#db8cd3 Triadic#d3db8c Split complementary#db8cab Split complementary#dbbb8c

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 36, 4, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8cd3db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

36 4 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

37 8 4 20

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 #8cd3db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8cd3db; }
.text { color: #8cd3db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8cd3db; }

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 #8cd3db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8cd3db 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 #8cd3db 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 #8cd3db 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 #8cd3db is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.