Powder blue

#aed2ca

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

This is Powder blue, a muted teal at 167 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 #aed2ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aed2ca

RGB174, 210, 202

HSL167, 29%, 75%

HSV167, 17%, 82%

CMYK17%, 0%, 4%, 18%

Lab81.49, -13.47, -0.01

XYZ51.16, 59.36, 64.64

Decimal11457226

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of powder blue

#97c5bb #81b9ac #6aac9d #579c8d #4a8578 #3d6f64 #31584f #24413b #182a26 #0b1412

Tints of powder blue

#b5d6cf #bcdad3 #c3ded8 #cae1dc #d1e5e1 #d8e9e5 #dfedea #e6f1ee #edf5f3 #f4f9f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d2aeb6 Analogous#aed2b8 Analogous#aec8d2 Triadic#caaed2 Triadic#d2caae Split complementary#d2aec8 Split complementary#d2b8ae

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 17, 0, 4, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aed2ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 0 4 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 4 8 24

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 #aed2ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aed2ca; }
.text { color: #aed2ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aed2ca; }

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 #aed2ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aed2ca 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 #aed2ca 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 #aed2ca 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 #aed2ca are worked out. 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.