Powder blue

#90cfcc

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 177 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 #90cfcc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#90cfcc

RGB144, 207, 204

HSL177, 40%, 69%

HSV177, 30%, 81%

CMYK30%, 0%, 1%, 19%

Lab78.99, -20.58, -4.94

XYZ44.71, 54.91, 65.37

Decimal9490380

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone318 C

Shades of powder blue

#7ac5c2 #63bcb7 #4db2ad #439c97 #3a8582 #306f6c #265856 #1d4240 #132c2b #091515

Tints of powder blue

#9ad3d1 #a4d8d5 #aedcda #b7e0de #c1e4e3 #cbe9e7 #d5edec #dff1f0 #e9f5f5 #f3faf9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#cf9093 Analogous#90cfad Analogous#90b3cf Triadic#cc90cf Triadic#cfcc90 Split complementary#cf90b3 Split complementary#cfad90

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 30, 0, 1, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #90cfcc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 0 1 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 4 5 25

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 #90cfcc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #90cfcc; }
.text { color: #90cfcc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90cfcc; }

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 #90cfcc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #90cfcc 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 #90cfcc 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 #90cfcc 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 #90cfcc 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.