Powder blue

#a7e8f1

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 strong. 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 #a7e8f1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a7e8f1

RGB167, 232, 241

HSL187, 73%, 80%

HSV187, 31%, 95%

CMYK31%, 4%, 0%, 5%

Lab88.1, -18.21, -10.93

XYZ60.67, 72.28, 93.97

Decimal11004145

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#86dfec #66d7e7 #45cee1 #25c6dc #1eaabd #198d9d #146f7c #0f525c #09353b #04181a

Tints of powder blue

#aeeaf2 #b6ecf3 #bdeef4 #c4f0f6 #cbf1f7 #d3f3f8 #daf5f9 #e1f7fa #e8f9fb #f0fbfd

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#f1b0a7 Analogous#a7f1d5 Analogous#a7c3f1 Triadic#f1a7e8 Triadic#e8f1a7 Split complementary#f1a7c3 Split complementary#f1d5a7

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 31, 4, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a7e8f1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

31 4 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 8 4 11

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

Powder blue in css

Copy #a7e8f1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a7e8f1; }
.text { color: #a7e8f1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a7e8f1; }

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 #a7e8f1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a7e8f1 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 #a7e8f1 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 #a7e8f1 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 #a7e8f1 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.