Powder blue

#b4eaf2

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

This is Powder blue, a strong teal at 188 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 #b4eaf2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b4eaf2

RGB180, 234, 242

HSL188, 70%, 83%

HSV188, 26%, 95%

CMYK26%, 3%, 0%, 5%

Lab89.37, -15.33, -9.49

XYZ64.27, 74.96, 95.09

Decimal11856626

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#93e1ec #71d7e6 #50cee1 #2fc5db #21acc1 #1c8ea0 #16717e #10535d #0a353b #05171a

Tints of powder blue

#c0edf4 #ccf1f6 #d8f4f8 #e4f7fa #f0fbfc

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#f2bcb4 Analogous#b4f2db Analogous#b4cbf2 Triadic#f2b4ea Triadic#eaf2b4 Split complementary#f2b4cb Split complementary#f2dbb4

Powder blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 26, 3, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b4eaf2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

26 3 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

28 7 4 11

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #b4eaf2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b4eaf2; }
.text { color: #b4eaf2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b4eaf2; }

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 #b4eaf2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b4eaf2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Powder blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #b4eaf2 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn powder blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #b4eaf2 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 #b4eaf2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.