Powder blue

#a2d4d5

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 #a2d4d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a2d4d5

RGB162, 212, 213

HSL181, 38%, 74%

HSV181, 24%, 84%

CMYK24%, 0%, 0%, 16%

Lab81.61, -15.87, -5.79

XYZ50.45, 59.57, 71.79

Decimal10671317

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#8ac9ca #73bec0 #5bb3b5 #4aa2a3 #3f8a8c #347374 #2a5b5c #1f4445 #142c2d #0a1515

Tints of powder blue

#aad8d9 #b2dbdc #badfe0 #c2e3e4 #cae7e7 #d2eaeb #daeeef #e3f2f2 #ebf6f6 #f3f9f9

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d5a3a2 Analogous#a2d5bd Analogous#a2bad5 Triadic#d5a2d4 Triadic#d4d5a2 Split complementary#d5a2ba Split complementary#d5bda2

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 24, 0, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a2d4d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

24 0 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

26 4 4 22

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 #a2d4d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a2d4d5; }
.text { color: #a2d4d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a2d4d5; }

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 #a2d4d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a2d4d5 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 #a2d4d5 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 #a2d4d5 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

The figures for #a2d4d5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.