Powder blue

#90dee7

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

This is Powder blue, a strong 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 #90dee7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#90dee7

RGB144, 222, 231

HSL186, 64%, 74%

HSV186, 38%, 91%

CMYK38%, 4%, 0%, 9%

Lab83.94, -21.69, -12.0

XYZ52.05, 63.94, 85.2

Decimal9494247

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone636 C

Shades of powder blue

#74d6e1 #57cddb #3bc5d5 #2ab3c3 #2499a7 #1e7f8a #18656e #124b52 #0c3135 #051719

Tints of powder blue

#a3e4eb #b7e9ef #c0ecf1 #caeff3 #d3f2f6 #ddf5f8 #e7f8fa #f0fbfc

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e79990 Analogous#90e7c5 Analogous#90b2e7 Triadic#e790de Triadic#dee790 Split complementary#e790b2 Split complementary#e7c590

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 38, 4, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #90dee7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

38 4 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

39 8 4 15

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 #90dee7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #90dee7; }
.text { color: #90dee7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #90dee7; }

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 #90dee7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #90dee7 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 #90dee7 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 #90dee7 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 #90dee7 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.