Powder blue

#98cdce

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, light and soft. 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 #98cdce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#98cdce

RGB152, 205, 206

HSL181, 36%, 70%

HSV181, 26%, 81%

CMYK26%, 0%, 0%, 19%

Lab78.92, -16.81, -6.07

XYZ45.92, 54.79, 66.55

Decimal10014158

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of powder blue

#82c2c3 #6cb7b9 #55adae #49989a #3f8284 #346c6d #2a5657 #1f4041 #142b2b #0a1515

Tints of powder blue

#a1d1d2 #aad6d7 #b3dadb #bcdfdf #c5e3e4 #cfe7e8 #d8ecec #e1f0f1 #eaf5f5 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#ce9998 Analogous#98ceb4 Analogous#98b2ce Triadic#ce98cd Triadic#cdce98 Split complementary#ce98b2 Split complementary#ceb498

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 26, 0, 0, 19.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #98cdce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 0 0 19

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 4 4 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #98cdce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #98cdce; }
.text { color: #98cdce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #98cdce; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #98cdce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #98cdce 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 #98cdce 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 #98cdce 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 #98cdce are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.