Powder blue

#a6edff

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 vivid. 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 #a6edff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a6edff

RGB166, 237, 255

HSL192, 100%, 83%

HSV192, 35%, 100%

CMYK35%, 7%, 0%, 0%

Lab89.81, -17.7, -15.71

XYZ64.06, 75.9, 105.88

Decimal10939903

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#7fe5ff #58ddff #31d5ff #0acdff #00b4e2 #0095bb #007694 #00576d #003846 #00181f

Tints of powder blue

#b4f0ff #c2f3ff #caf4ff #d8f7ff #dff9ff #e6faff #edfbff

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#ffb8a6 Analogous#a6ffe4 Analogous#a6c0ff Triadic#ffa6ed Triadic#edffa6 Split complementary#ffa6c0 Split complementary#ffe4a6

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 35, 7, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a6edff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

35 7 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

36 10 4 6

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

Powder blue in css

Copy #a6edff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a6edff; }
.text { color: #a6edff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a6edff; }

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 #a6edff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a6edff 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 #a6edff 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 #a6edff 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 #a6edff are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.