Powder blue

#9dbbb3

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, balanced 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 #9dbbb3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9dbbb3
RGB157, 187, 179
HSL164, 18%, 67%
HSV164, 16%, 73%
CMYK16%, 0%, 4%, 27%
Lab73.52, -11.76, 0.65
XYZ39.81, 45.96, 49.42
Decimal10337203
Web safe#99cccc
Pantone5503 C
Pantone5503 CHex#9dbbb3Rgb157 187 179Cmyk16 0 4 27Lab74 -12 1Darker#52776dDeep#739e92Lighter#c8d7d3

Shades of powder blue

Tints of powder blue

Colors that go with powder blue

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 4, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9dbbb3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
16 0 4 27
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
19 4 8 33
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 #9dbbb3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9dbbb3; }
.text { color: #9dbbb3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9dbbb3; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9dbbb3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
2.06:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
10.19:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9dbbb3 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 #9dbbb3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #9dbbb3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from powder blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #9dbbb3 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.