Powder blue

#aee4e8

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 184 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Powder blue color values

Every conversion for #aee4e8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aee4e8

RGB174, 228, 232

HSL184, 56%, 80%

HSV184, 25%, 91%

CMYK25%, 2%, 0%, 9%

Lab87.15, -16.25, -7.58

XYZ59.76, 70.31, 86.77

Decimal11461864

Web safe#99ccff

Pantone304 C

Shades of powder blue

#91dae0 #74d1d7 #56c7cf #39bdc7 #30a2aa #28868d #206a70 #174e52 #0f3235 #071718

Tints of powder blue

#b5e6ea #bbe8ec #c2ebee #c9edf0 #d0eff2 #d6f1f3 #ddf4f5 #e4f6f7 #eaf8f9 #f1fafb

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e8b2ae Analogous#aee8cf Analogous#aec7e8 Triadic#e8aee4 Triadic#e4e8ae Split complementary#e8aec7 Split complementary#e8cfae

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 25, 2, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aee4e8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

25 2 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

27 6 4 15

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 #aee4e8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aee4e8; }
.text { color: #aee4e8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aee4e8; }

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 #aee4e8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aee4e8 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 #aee4e8 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 #aee4e8 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

Here is how the numbers for #aee4e8 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.