Powder blue

#bbcdc7

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

This is Powder blue, a muted teal at 160 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 #bbcdc7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbcdc7

RGB187, 205, 199

HSL160, 15%, 77%

HSV160, 9%, 80%

CMYK9%, 0%, 3%, 20%

Lab80.93, -7.22, 0.89

XYZ52.63, 58.35, 62.52

Decimal12307911

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of powder blue

#a6beb6 #91aea5 #7d9f94 #698f82 #5a7a6f #4a655c #3b5049 #2c3b36 #1c2623 #0d1210

Tints of powder blue

#c1d1cc #c7d5d1 #ccdad5 #d2deda #d8e2df #dee6e4 #e3ebe8 #e9efed #eff3f2 #f5f7f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#cdbbc1 Analogous#bbcdbe Analogous#bbcacd Triadic#c7bbcd Triadic#cdc7bb Split complementary#cdbbca Split complementary#cdbebb

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 3, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbcdc7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 3 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 7 26

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 #bbcdc7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbcdc7; }
.text { color: #bbcdc7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbcdc7; }

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 #bbcdc7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbcdc7 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 #bbcdc7 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 #bbcdc7 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 #bbcdc7 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.