Powder blue

#aedce0

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 soft. 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 #aedce0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aedce0

RGB174, 220, 224

HSL185, 45%, 78%

HSV185, 22%, 88%

CMYK22%, 2%, 0%, 12%

Lab84.78, -13.96, -6.87

XYZ56.5, 65.57, 80.2

Decimal11459808

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#93d1d6 #79c5cc #5ebac1 #45adb6 #3b939b #317a80 #276166 #1d484b #132e31 #081516

Tints of powder blue

#b5dfe3 #bce2e5 #c2e5e8 #c9e8ea #d0ebed #d7eef0 #def1f2 #e4f4f5 #ebf6f7 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e0b2ae Analogous#aee0cb Analogous#aec3e0 Triadic#e0aedc Triadic#dce0ae Split complementary#e0aec3 Split complementary#e0cbae

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 22, 2, 0, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aedce0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

22 2 0 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

24 6 4 18

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 #aedce0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aedce0; }
.text { color: #aedce0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aedce0; }

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 #aedce0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aedce0 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 #aedce0 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 #aedce0 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.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #aedce0 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.