Powder blue

#a1d2ca

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

Powder blue is a light teal, soft between blue and green. 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 #a1d2ca, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a1d2ca

RGB161, 210, 202

HSL170, 35%, 73%

HSV170, 23%, 82%

CMYK23%, 0%, 4%, 18%

Lab80.7, -17.53, -1.25

XYZ48.41, 57.93, 64.51

Decimal10605258

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone324 C

Shades of powder blue

#8ac7bd #73bcb0 #5cb1a3 #4c9f91 #41887c #367167 #2b5a52 #20433d #152c28 #0a1513

Tints of powder blue

#a9d6cf #b1dad3 #baded8 #c2e2dc #cae6e1 #d2eae6 #daedea #e3f1ef #ebf5f4 #f3f9f8

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d2a1a9 Analogous#a1d2b1 Analogous#a1c2d2 Triadic#caa1d2 Triadic#d2caa1 Split complementary#d2a1c2 Split complementary#d2b1a1

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 23, 0, 4, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a1d2ca on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

23 0 4 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

25 4 8 24

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 #a1d2ca straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a1d2ca; }
.text { color: #a1d2ca; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a1d2ca; }

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 #a1d2ca against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a1d2ca 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 #a1d2ca 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 #a1d2ca 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

The figures for #a1d2ca come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.