Powder blue

#bde2e0

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

This is Powder blue, a soft teal at 177 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 #bde2e0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bde2e0

RGB189, 226, 224

HSL177, 39%, 81%

HSV177, 16%, 89%

CMYK16%, 0%, 1%, 11%

Lab87.29, -12.42, -3.06

XYZ61.64, 70.59, 80.9

Decimal12444384

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone635 C

Shades of powder blue

#a2d6d3 #88cbc7 #6dbfba #52b3ae #449b96 #38807c #2d6562 #214b48 #15302f #091515

Tints of powder blue

#c2e4e3 #c8e7e5 #cde9e8 #d2ebea #d8eeed #ddf0ef #e3f2f2 #e8f5f4 #edf7f7 #f3faf9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e2bdbf Analogous#bde2ce Analogous#bdd2e2 Triadic#e0bde2 Triadic#e2e0bd Split complementary#e2bdd2 Split complementary#e2cebd

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 16, 0, 1, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bde2e0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

16 0 1 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

19 4 5 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 #bde2e0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bde2e0; }
.text { color: #bde2e0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bde2e0; }

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 #bde2e0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bde2e0 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 #bde2e0 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 #bde2e0 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 #bde2e0 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.