Powder blue

#9ec3bb

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. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #9ec3bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9ec3bb

RGB158, 195, 187

HSL167, 24%, 69%

HSV167, 19%, 76%

CMYK19%, 0%, 4%, 24%

Lab76.0, -13.95, -0.08

XYZ42.59, 49.89, 54.4

Decimal10404795

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5503 C

Shades of powder blue

#8ab7ad #76aa9f #629e91 #568a7f #49776d #3d635a #314f48 #243b36 #182724 #0c1311

Tints of powder blue

#a7c8c1 #afcec7 #b8d3cd #c0d8d3 #c9ded9 #d2e3df #dae8e5 #e3eeeb #ebf3f1 #f4f8f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#c39ea6 Analogous#9ec3a9 Analogous#9eb8c3 Triadic#bb9ec3 Triadic#c3bb9e Split complementary#c39eb8 Split complementary#c3a99e

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 19, 0, 4, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9ec3bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 0 4 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 4 8 30

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 #9ec3bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9ec3bb; }
.text { color: #9ec3bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9ec3bb; }

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 #9ec3bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9ec3bb 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 #9ec3bb 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 #9ec3bb 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

The figures for #9ec3bb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.