Powder blue

#bbdfe2

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

Powder blue lands where green meets blue, light and soft. 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 #bbdfe2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbdfe2

RGB187, 223, 226

HSL185, 40%, 81%

HSV185, 17%, 89%

CMYK17%, 1%, 0%, 11%

Lab86.42, -11.1, -5.41

XYZ60.61, 68.83, 82.04

Decimal12312546

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone2975 C

Shades of powder blue

#a0d2d7 #85c6cb #6bb9c0 #50adb4 #42959b #377b81 #2b6166 #20484b #152e30 #091515

Tints of powder blue

#c1e2e4 #c6e4e7 #cce7e9 #d1e9eb #d7ecee #dceff0 #e2f1f3 #e7f4f5 #edf7f7 #f2f9fa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e2bebb Analogous#bbe2d1 Analogous#bbcce2 Triadic#e2bbdf Triadic#dfe2bb Split complementary#e2bbcc Split complementary#e2d2bb

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 17, 1, 0, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbdfe2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

17 1 0 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

20 5 4 17

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 #bbdfe2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbdfe2; }
.text { color: #bbdfe2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbdfe2; }

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 #bbdfe2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbdfe2 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 #bbdfe2 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 #bbdfe2 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 #bbdfe2 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 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.