Powder blue

#ace4ea

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 #ace4ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ace4ea

RGB172, 228, 234

HSL186, 60%, 80%

HSV186, 26%, 92%

CMYK26%, 3%, 0%, 8%

Lab87.09, -16.39, -8.72

XYZ59.61, 70.2, 88.25

Decimal11330794

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#8edae2 #70d1db #52c7d3 #34bdcc #2ca2ae #248690 #1d6a72 #154e54 #0e3236 #061718

Tints of powder blue

#bae8ed #c8edf1 #d5f1f4 #e3f6f8 #eaf8fa #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#eab2ac Analogous#acead1 Analogous#acc5ea Triadic#eaace4 Triadic#e4eaac Split complementary#eaacc5 Split complementary#ead1ac

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 26, 3, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ace4ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 3 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 7 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #ace4ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ace4ea; }
.text { color: #ace4ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ace4ea; }

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 #ace4ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ace4ea 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 #ace4ea 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 #ace4ea 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

The figures for #ace4ea come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.