Powder blue

#91c9cd

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, confident 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 #91c9cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#91c9cd

RGB145, 201, 205

HSL184, 38%, 69%

HSV184, 29%, 80%

CMYK29%, 2%, 0%, 20%

Lab77.4, -17.03, -7.83

XYZ43.58, 52.2, 65.54

Decimal9554381

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone630 C

Shades of powder blue

#7bbec3 #65b3b9 #4fa8af #459399 #3b7e83 #31696d #285457 #1e3f41 #14292b #0a1415

Tints of powder blue

#9bced1 #a5d3d6 #aed7da #b8dcdf #c2e1e3 #cce6e8 #d5ebec #dfeff1 #e9f4f5 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#cd9591 Analogous#91cdb3 Analogous#91abcd Triadic#cd91c9 Triadic#c9cd91 Split complementary#cd91ab Split complementary#cdb391

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 29, 2, 0, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #91c9cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

29 2 0 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

31 6 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 #91c9cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #91c9cd; }
.text { color: #91c9cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #91c9cd; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #91c9cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #91c9cd 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 #91c9cd 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 #91c9cd 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 #91c9cd 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.