Powder blue

#afeffb

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

This is Powder blue, a vivid teal at 189 degrees. 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 #afeffb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#afeffb

RGB175, 239, 251

HSL189, 90%, 84%

HSV189, 30%, 98%

CMYK30%, 5%, 0%, 2%

Lab90.69, -17.22, -12.25

XYZ65.96, 77.81, 102.81

Decimal11530235

Web safe#99ffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#89e7f9 #64e0f7 #3ed8f5 #18d1f3 #0bb9d9 #0999b4 #07798e #055968 #033943 #01191d

Tints of powder blue

#b5f0fb #bcf2fc #c2f3fc #c8f4fc #cef5fd #d5f7fd #dbf8fd #e1f9fe #e8fafe #eefcfe

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#fbbbaf Analogous#affbe1 Analogous#afc9fb Triadic#fbafef Triadic#effbaf Split complementary#fbafc9 Split complementary#fbe1af

Powder blue in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 30, 5, 0, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

30 5 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

32 9 4 8

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 #afeffb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Here is how the numbers for #afeffb are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.