Powder blue

#bbeef3

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 185 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 #bbeef3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbeef3

RGB187, 238, 243

HSL185, 70%, 84%

HSV185, 23%, 95%

CMYK23%, 2%, 0%, 5%

Lab90.86, -15.09, -7.76

XYZ67.25, 78.18, 96.34

Decimal12316403

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of powder blue

#99e6ed #77dde7 #55d5e1 #33ccdb #23b5c4 #1d96a2 #177680 #11575e #0b383c #05181a

Tints of powder blue

#c6f1f5 #d0f3f7 #dbf6f9 #e5f9fa #ebfafb #f0fbfc

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#f3c0bb Analogous#bbf3dc Analogous#bbd2f3 Triadic#f3bbee Triadic#eef3bb Split complementary#f3bbd2 Split complementary#f3dcbb

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 23, 2, 0, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbeef3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 2 0 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 6 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 #bbeef3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbeef3; }
.text { color: #bbeef3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbeef3; }

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 #bbeef3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbeef3 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 #bbeef3 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 #bbeef3 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 #bbeef3 are worked out. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.