Powder blue

#a2c2b6

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

Powder blue sits in the green range, light and muted. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #a2c2b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2c2b6

RGB162, 194, 182

HSL158, 21%, 70%

HSV158, 16%, 76%

CMYK16%, 0%, 6%, 24%

Lab75.85, -13.15, 2.44

XYZ42.64, 49.64, 51.59

Decimal10666678

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone557 C

Shades of powder blue

#8eb5a7 #7ba897 #679b88 #598877 #4d7566 #406155 #334d43 #263a32 #192621 #0c1210

Tints of powder blue

#aac7bc #b2cdc3 #bbd2c9 #c3d8d0 #cbddd6 #d3e2dd #dce8e3 #e4edea #ecf3f0 #f4f8f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#c2a2ae Analogous#a2c2a6 Analogous#a2bec2 Triadic#b6a2c2 Triadic#c2b6a2 Split complementary#c2a2be Split complementary#c2a6a2

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 6, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2c2b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 6 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 10 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 #a2c2b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2c2b6; }
.text { color: #a2c2b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2c2b6; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #a2c2b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2c2b6 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 #a2c2b6 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 #a2c2b6 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

Here is how the numbers for #a2c2b6 are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.