Powder blue

#9bc5bd

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

Powder blue is a mid teal, grounded between blue and green. 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 #9bc5bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9bc5bd

RGB155, 197, 189

HSL169, 27%, 69%

HSV169, 21%, 77%

CMYK21%, 0%, 4%, 23%

Lab76.42, -15.52, -0.57

XYZ42.67, 50.58, 55.66

Decimal10208701

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5503 C

Shades of powder blue

#87b9b0 #72ada2 #5ea295 #528d82 #46796f #3a655d #2f504a #233c37 #172825 #0b1312

Tints of powder blue

#a4cac3 #adcfc9 #b6d4cf #bedad4 #c7dfda #d0e4e0 #d9e9e6 #e2eeec #ebf3f2 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#c59ba3 Analogous#9bc5a8 Analogous#9bb8c5 Triadic#bd9bc5 Triadic#c5bd9b Split complementary#c59bb8 Split complementary#c5a89b

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 21, 0, 4, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9bc5bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 0 4 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 4 8 29

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 #9bc5bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9bc5bd; }
.text { color: #9bc5bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9bc5bd; }

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 #9bc5bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9bc5bd 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 #9bc5bd 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 #9bc5bd 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

Here is how the numbers for #9bc5bd are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.