Powder blue

#8ecbcd

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

Hex#8ecbcd

RGB142, 203, 205

HSL182, 39%, 68%

HSV182, 31%, 80%

CMYK31%, 1%, 0%, 20%

Lab77.8, -18.89, -7.26

XYZ43.53, 52.87, 65.67

Decimal9358285

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of powder blue

#78c1c3 #62b7ba #4dacaf #449699 #3a8183 #306b6d #275557 #1d4041 #132a2b #091515

Tints of powder blue

#98d0d1 #a2d4d6 #acd9da #b6dedf #c0e2e3 #cae7e8 #d4ebec #dff0f1 #e9f5f5 #f3f9fa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#cd908e Analogous#8ecdb0 Analogous#8eabcd Triadic#cd8ecb Triadic#cbcd8e Split complementary#cd8eac Split complementary#cdb08e

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 1, 0, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 1 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 5 4 26

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #8ecbcd straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8ecbcd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Powder blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8ecbcd 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn powder blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8ecbcd 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

Here is how the numbers for #8ecbcd are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.