Powder blue

#8bcdcd

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 180 degrees. A mid teal this balanced works for spa, travel and wellness. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #8bcdcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8bcdcd

RGB139, 205, 205

HSL180, 40%, 67%

HSV180, 32%, 80%

CMYK32%, 0%, 0%, 20%

Lab78.2, -20.74, -6.67

XYZ43.5, 53.56, 65.8

Decimal9162189

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of powder blue

#75c4c4 #5fbaba #4bafaf #429999 #388383 #2f6d6d #265757 #1c4141 #132b2b #091515

Tints of powder blue

#95d1d1 #a0d6d6 #aadada #b4dfdf #bfe3e3 #c9e8e8 #d3ecec #def1f1 #e8f5f5 #f3fafa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#cd8b8b Analogous#8bcdac Analogous#8baccd Triadic#cd8bcd Triadic#cdcd8b Split complementary#cd8bac Split complementary#cdac8b

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 32, 0, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8bcdcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

32 0 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

33 4 4 26

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 #8bcdcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8bcdcd; }
.text { color: #8bcdcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8bcdcd; }

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 #8bcdcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8bcdcd 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 #8bcdcd 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 #8bcdcd 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 #8bcdcd are worked out. 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.