Powder blue

#b3dfdf

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 180 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 #b3dfdf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b3dfdf

RGB179, 223, 223

HSL180, 41%, 79%

HSV180, 20%, 87%

CMYK20%, 0%, 0%, 13%

Lab85.85, -14.18, -4.72

XYZ58.3, 67.69, 79.8

Decimal11788255

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone635 C

Shades of powder blue

#99d4d4 #7fc9c9 #65bebe #4bb2b2 #409898 #357e7e #2a6464 #1f4a4a #143030 #091616

Tints of powder blue

#b9e2e2 #c0e4e4 #c6e7e7 #cceaea #d3ecec #d9efef #dff2f2 #e6f4f4 #ecf7f7 #f2fafa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#dfb3b3 Analogous#b3dfc9 Analogous#b3c9df Triadic#dfb3df Triadic#dfdfb3 Split complementary#dfb3c9 Split complementary#dfc9b3

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 20, 0, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b3dfdf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

20 0 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

22 4 4 19

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 #b3dfdf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b3dfdf; }
.text { color: #b3dfdf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b3dfdf; }

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 #b3dfdf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b3dfdf 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 #b3dfdf 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 #b3dfdf 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

The figures for #b3dfdf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.