Powder blue

#a4dce3

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

This is Powder blue, a soft teal at 187 degrees. 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 #a4dce3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a4dce3

RGB164, 220, 227

HSL187, 53%, 77%

HSV187, 28%, 89%

CMYK28%, 3%, 0%, 11%

Lab84.29, -16.21, -9.24

XYZ54.77, 64.62, 82.26

Decimal10804451

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#88d1db #6dc7d2 #51bcca #3aaebd #3295a1 #297b86 #21626a #18484f #102f33 #071617

Tints of powder blue

#acdfe5 #b3e2e8 #bbe5ea #c3e8ed #cbebef #d2eef1 #daf1f4 #e2f4f6 #eaf7f8 #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e3aba4 Analogous#a4e3ca Analogous#a4bde3 Triadic#e3a4dc Triadic#dce3a4 Split complementary#e3a4bc Split complementary#e3caa4

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 28, 3, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a4dce3 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #a4dce3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a4dce3; }
.text { color: #a4dce3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a4dce3; }

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 #a4dce3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a4dce3 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 #a4dce3 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 #a4dce3 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

Here is how the numbers for #a4dce3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.