Powder blue

#a2dae3

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, relaxed between blue and green. 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 #a2dae3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2dae3

RGB162, 218, 227

HSL188, 54%, 76%

HSV188, 29%, 89%

CMYK29%, 4%, 0%, 11%

Lab83.64, -15.77, -10.22

XYZ53.84, 63.37, 82.07

Decimal10672867

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#86cfdb #6bc4d2 #4fb9ca #39abbd #3192a1 #287986 #20606a #18474f #0f2e33 #071518

Tints of powder blue

#aadde5 #b2e0e8 #bae3ea #c2e7ed #caeaef #d2edf1 #d9f0f4 #e1f3f6 #e9f6f8 #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e3aba2 Analogous#a2e3cc Analogous#a2b9e3 Triadic#e3a2da Triadic#dae3a2 Split complementary#e3a2b9 Split complementary#e3cba2

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 29, 4, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2dae3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 4 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 8 4 17

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #a2dae3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2dae3; }
.text { color: #a2dae3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2dae3; }

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 #a2dae3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2dae3 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 #a2dae3 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 #a2dae3 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

Every value on this page for #a2dae3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.