Powder blue

#b5d5d7

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 184 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Pair it with warm oranges for a complementary lift, or with deep navy for depth.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #b5d5d7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b5d5d7

RGB181, 213, 215

HSL184, 30%, 78%

HSV184, 16%, 84%

CMYK16%, 1%, 0%, 16%

Lab83.08, -10.13, -4.54

XYZ55.12, 62.32, 73.41

Decimal11916759

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of powder blue

#9dc8ca #86babd #6eadb1 #589ea2 #4b878a #3e7073 #31595b #244143 #182a2c #0b1314

Tints of powder blue

#bbd9da #c1dcde #c8e0e1 #cee3e4 #d4e7e8 #daeaeb #e1eeef #e7f1f2 #edf5f5 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d7b7b5 Analogous#b5d7c8 Analogous#b5c4d7 Triadic#d7b5d5 Triadic#d5d7b5 Split complementary#d7b5c4 Split complementary#d7c8b5

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 16, 1, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b5d5d7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 1 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 5 4 22

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 #b5d5d7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b5d5d7; }
.text { color: #b5d5d7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b5d5d7; }

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 #b5d5d7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b5d5d7 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 #b5d5d7 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 #b5d5d7 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 #b5d5d7 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.