Powder blue

#8fbbbb

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

Powder blue is a mid teal, balanced between blue and green. 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 #8fbbbb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8fbbbb

RGB143, 187, 187

HSL180, 24%, 65%

HSV180, 24%, 73%

CMYK24%, 0%, 0%, 27%

Lab72.87, -14.5, -4.78

XYZ38.07, 44.97, 53.69

Decimal9419707

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone5493 C

Shades of powder blue

#7cb0b0 #6aa4a4 #5b9595 #4f8383 #447070 #395e5e #2d4b4b #223838 #172626 #0c1313

Tints of powder blue

#99c1c1 #a3c7c7 #adcdcd #b7d4d4 #c1dada #cce0e0 #d6e6e6 #e0ecec #eaf2f2 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#bb8f8f Analogous#8fbba5 Analogous#8fa5bb Triadic#bb8fbb Triadic#bbbb8f Split complementary#bb8fa5 Split complementary#bba58f

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 24, 0, 0, 27.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 0 0 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 4 4 33

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 #8fbbbb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8fbbbb 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 #8fbbbb 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 #8fbbbb 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

Every value on this page for #8fbbbb is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.