Powder blue

#a2dbe2

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

Powder blue lands where green meets blue, light and soft. 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 #a2dbe2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2dbe2

RGB162, 219, 226

HSL187, 52%, 76%

HSV187, 28%, 89%

CMYK28%, 3%, 0%, 11%

Lab83.88, -16.51, -9.33

XYZ53.96, 63.84, 81.43

Decimal10673122

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#87d0da #6cc6d1 #50bbc9 #3aadbb #3294a0 #297a84 #216169 #18484e #102f33 #071617

Tints of powder blue

#b2e1e7 #c2e7ec #caeaee #d2edf1 #daf1f3 #e2f4f6 #e9f7f8 #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e2a9a2 Analogous#a2e2c9 Analogous#a2bbe2 Triadic#e2a2db Triadic#dbe2a2 Split complementary#e2a2bb Split complementary#e2c9a2

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 3, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2dbe2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 3 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 7 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #a2dbe2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2dbe2; }
.text { color: #a2dbe2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2dbe2; }

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 #a2dbe2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2dbe2 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 #a2dbe2 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 #a2dbe2 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 #a2dbe2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.