Powder blue

#a0cdcc

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

This is Powder blue, a soft teal at 179 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #a0cdcc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a0cdcc

RGB160, 205, 204

HSL179, 31%, 72%

HSV179, 22%, 80%

CMYK22%, 0%, 0%, 20%

Lab79.33, -14.86, -4.35

XYZ47.23, 55.5, 65.35

Decimal10538444

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of powder blue

#8ac1c0 #74b6b4 #5eaaa9 #509896 #448280 #396c6b #2d5655 #22403f #162a2a #0b1414

Tints of powder blue

#a8d1d0 #b1d6d5 #b9dad9 #c1dfde #cae3e2 #d2e7e7 #daeceb #e3f0f0 #ebf4f4 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#cda0a1 Analogous#a0cdb5 Analogous#a0b8cd Triadic#cca0cd Triadic#cdcca0 Split complementary#cda0b8 Split complementary#cdb5a0

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 0, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a0cdcc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 0 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 4 4 26

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 #a0cdcc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a0cdcc; }
.text { color: #a0cdcc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a0cdcc; }

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 #a0cdcc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a0cdcc 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 #a0cdcc 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 #a0cdcc 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

The figures for #a0cdcc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.