Powder blue

#b2d0cd

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

Powder blue lands where green meets blue, light and muted. 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 #b2d0cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b2d0cd

RGB178, 208, 205

HSL174, 24%, 76%

HSV174, 14%, 82%

CMYK14%, 0%, 1%, 18%

Lab81.28, -10.55, -1.88

XYZ51.94, 58.98, 66.41

Decimal11718861

Web safe#99cccc

Pantone629 C

Shades of powder blue

#9cc3bf #86b5b0 #70a8a2 #5c9792 #4f817c #416b67 #345552 #273f3d #192927 #0c1312

Tints of powder blue

#b9d4d1 #bfd8d6 #c6dcda #cce0de #d3e4e2 #dae8e7 #e0eceb #e7f0ef #edf4f4 #f4f8f8

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d0b2b5 Analogous#b2d0be Analogous#b2c4d0 Triadic#cdb2d0 Triadic#d0cdb2 Split complementary#d0b2c4 Split complementary#d0beb2

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 14, 0, 1, 18.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b2d0cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 1 18

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 5 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 #b2d0cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b2d0cd; }
.text { color: #b2d0cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b2d0cd; }

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 #b2d0cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b2d0cd 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 #b2d0cd 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 #b2d0cd 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 #b2d0cd 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. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.