Powder blue

#bbf3ff

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 vivid. 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 #bbf3ff, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbf3ff

RGB187, 243, 255

HSL191, 100%, 87%

HSV191, 27%, 100%

CMYK27%, 5%, 0%, 0%

Lab92.52, -14.97, -11.54

XYZ70.59, 81.89, 106.69

Decimal12317695

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#92ecff #69e4ff #40ddff #16d6ff #00c3ec #00a1c3 #007f9a #005d71 #003b48 #00191f

Tints of powder blue

#c5f5ff #cff7ff #d9f8ff #e3faff #edfcff

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#ffc7bb Analogous#bbffe9 Analogous#bbd1ff Triadic#ffbbf3 Triadic#f3ffbb Split complementary#ffbbd1 Split complementary#ffe9bb

Powder blue in print

It is saturated enough that the cmyk build can shift slightly from screen to press, so proof it. The cmyk build is 27, 5, 0, 0.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbf3ff on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

27 5 0 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

29 9 4 6

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #bbf3ff straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbf3ff; }
.text { color: #bbf3ff; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbf3ff; }

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 #bbf3ff against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbf3ff 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 #bbf3ff 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 #bbf3ff 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.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bbf3ff 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.