Powder blue

#bceefb

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

Hex#bceefb

RGB188, 238, 251

HSL192, 89%, 86%

HSV192, 25%, 98%

CMYK25%, 5%, 0%, 2%

Lab91.15, -13.06, -11.5

XYZ68.73, 78.81, 102.86

Decimal12381947

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of powder blue

#95e4f9 #6fdaf6 #48d1f4 #22c7f2 #0db3de #0b94b7 #097490 #06556a #043643 #02171d

Tints of powder blue

#c6f1fc #d0f3fc #daf6fd #e4f8fd #eefbfe

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#fbc9bc Analogous#bcfbe8 Analogous#bccffb Triadic#fbbcee Triadic#eefbbc Split complementary#fbbccf Split complementary#fbe8bc

Powder blue in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 25, 5, 0, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 5 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 9 4 8

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 #bceefb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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