Powder blue

#a1bfba

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, confident 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 #a1bfba, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1bfba

RGB161, 191, 186

HSL170, 19%, 69%

HSV170, 16%, 75%

CMYK16%, 0%, 3%, 25%

Lab75.07, -11.11, -0.88

XYZ42.19, 48.38, 53.57

Decimal10600378

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5503 C

Shades of powder blue

#8eb2ac #7ba59e #689890 #5b857e #4d726c #405f5a #334c48 #263835 #192523 #0c1211

Tints of powder blue

#a9c5c0 #b2cac6 #bad0cc #c2d6d2 #cbdbd9 #d3e1df #dbe7e5 #e4eceb #ecf2f1 #f4f8f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#bfa1a6 Analogous#a1bfab Analogous#a1b5bf Triadic#baa1bf Triadic#bfbaa1 Split complementary#bfa1b5 Split complementary#bfaba1

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 3, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1bfba on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 3 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 7 31

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 #a1bfba straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1bfba; }
.text { color: #a1bfba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1bfba; }

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 #a1bfba against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1bfba 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 #a1bfba 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 #a1bfba 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 #a1bfba come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.