Powder blue

#bddfde

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

Hex#bddfde
RGB189, 223, 222
HSL178, 35%, 81%
HSV178, 15%, 87%
CMYK15%, 0%, 0%, 13%
Lab86.44, -11.3, -3.25
XYZ60.56, 68.87, 79.21
Decimal12443614
Web safe#cccccc
Pantone635 C
Pantone635 CHex#bddfdeRgb189 223 222Cmyk15 0 0 13Lab86 -11 -3Darker#5db0aeDeep#8dc8c6Lighter#ebf4f4

Shades of powder blue

Tints of powder blue

Colors that go with powder blue

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 15, 0, 0, 13.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
15 0 0 13
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
18 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Powder blue in css

Copy #bddfde straight into your stylesheet.

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

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bddfde against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.42:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Textblack text on this color
14.77:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bddfde 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 #bddfde sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #bddfde and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from powder blue, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #bddfde is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.