Powder blue

#ace2eb

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. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #ace2eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ace2eb

RGB172, 226, 235

HSL189, 61%, 80%

HSV189, 27%, 92%

CMYK27%, 4%, 0%, 8%

Lab86.58, -15.16, -10.01

XYZ59.21, 69.16, 88.83

Decimal11330283

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#8ed7e4 #6fcddc #51c2d5 #33b8ce #2a9db0 #238292 #1c6774 #154c55 #0d3137 #061619

Tints of powder blue

#b3e4ed #bae7ee #c1e9f0 #c7ecf2 #ceeef3 #d5f0f5 #dcf3f7 #e3f5f8 #eaf8fa #f1fafc

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#ebb5ac Analogous#acebd4 Analogous#acc3eb Triadic#ebace2 Triadic#e2ebac Split complementary#ebacc3 Split complementary#ebd4ac

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 27, 4, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ace2eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 4 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 8 4 14

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 #ace2eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ace2eb; }
.text { color: #ace2eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ace2eb; }

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 #ace2eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ace2eb 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 #ace2eb 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 #ace2eb 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 #ace2eb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.