Powder blue

#a1e8f5

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

Powder blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #a1e8f5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1e8f5

RGB161, 232, 245

HSL189, 81%, 80%

HSV189, 34%, 96%

CMYK34%, 5%, 0%, 4%

Lab87.91, -18.89, -13.35

XYZ60.04, 71.88, 97.1

Decimal10610933

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#7fe0f1 #5dd7ee #3bcfea #19c7e7 #15aac5 #118da3 #0e7081 #0a5260 #07353e #03181c

Tints of powder blue

#a9eaf6 #b1ecf7 #b8eef7 #c0f0f8 #c8f2f9 #d0f3fa #d8f5fb #dff7fc #e7f9fc #effbfd

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#f5aea1 Analogous#a1f5d8 Analogous#a1bef5 Triadic#f5a1e8 Triadic#e8f5a1 Split complementary#f5a1be Split complementary#f5d8a1

Powder blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 34, 5, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1e8f5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

34 5 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

35 9 4 10

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #a1e8f5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1e8f5; }
.text { color: #a1e8f5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1e8f5; }

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 #a1e8f5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1e8f5 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 #a1e8f5 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 #a1e8f5 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 #a1e8f5 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. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.