Powder blue

#b2d7dc

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

This is Powder blue, a soft teal at 187 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 #b2d7dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2d7dc

RGB178, 215, 220

HSL187, 38%, 78%

HSV187, 19%, 86%

CMYK19%, 2%, 0%, 14%

Lab83.56, -11.05, -6.51

XYZ55.58, 63.23, 76.99

Decimal11720668

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of powder blue

#99cad1 #7fbdc5 #66b0ba #4ea1ad #438a93 #37727a #2c5b61 #214348 #152b2e #0a1415

Tints of powder blue

#b8dadf #bfdee2 #c5e1e5 #cce4e8 #d2e8eb #d9ebee #dfeff1 #e6f2f4 #ecf5f6 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#dcb7b2 Analogous#b2dccc Analogous#b2c2dc Triadic#dcb2d7 Triadic#d7dcb2 Split complementary#dcb2c2 Split complementary#dcccb2

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 19, 2, 0, 14.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2d7dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

19 2 0 14

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 6 4 20

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 #b2d7dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2d7dc; }
.text { color: #b2d7dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2d7dc; }

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 #b2d7dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2d7dc 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 #b2d7dc 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 #b2d7dc 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 #b2d7dc is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.