Powder blue

#b7dfdf

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

Powder blue is a light teal, open between blue and green. 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 #b7dfdf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b7dfdf

RGB183, 223, 223

HSL180, 38%, 80%

HSV180, 18%, 87%

CMYK18%, 0%, 0%, 13%

Lab86.09, -12.96, -4.34

XYZ59.24, 68.17, 79.85

Decimal12050399

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone635 C

Shades of powder blue

#9dd3d3 #83c8c8 #69bcbc #4fb1b1 #439797 #387d7d #2c6363 #214949 #152f2f #091515

Tints of powder blue

#bde2e2 #c3e4e4 #c9e7e7 #cfeaea #d5ecec #dbefef #e1f2f2 #e7f4f4 #edf7f7 #f3fafa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#dfb7b7 Analogous#b7dfcb Analogous#b7cbdf Triadic#dfb7df Triadic#dfdfb7 Split complementary#dfb7cb Split complementary#dfcbb7

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 18, 0, 0, 13.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b7dfdf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

18 0 0 13

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

21 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 #b7dfdf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b7dfdf; }
.text { color: #b7dfdf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b7dfdf; }

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 #b7dfdf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b7dfdf 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 #b7dfdf 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 #b7dfdf 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 #b7dfdf are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.