Powder blue

#abe1ee

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

This is Powder blue, a strong teal at 192 degrees. 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 #abe1ee, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#abe1ee

RGB171, 225, 238

HSL192, 66%, 80%

HSV192, 28%, 93%

CMYK28%, 5%, 0%, 7%

Lab86.35, -14.26, -11.95

XYZ59.15, 68.68, 91.03

Decimal11264494

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#8cd6e8 #6ccbe1 #4dbfdb #2db4d5 #259bb7 #1f8097 #186578 #124b58 #0c3039 #051619

Tints of powder blue

#b2e3ef #b9e6f1 #c0e8f2 #c7ebf4 #ceedf5 #d4f0f6 #dbf2f8 #e2f5f9 #e9f7fb #f0fafc

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#eeb8ab Analogous#abeeda Analogous#abbfee Triadic#eeabe1 Triadic#e1eeab Split complementary#eeabbf Split complementary#eedaab

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 28, 5, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #abe1ee on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

28 5 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

30 9 4 13

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 #abe1ee straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #abe1ee; }
.text { color: #abe1ee; }
.border { border: 2px solid #abe1ee; }

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 #abe1ee against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #abe1ee 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 #abe1ee 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 #abe1ee 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

Here is how the numbers for #abe1ee are worked out. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.