Powder blue

#bbd3ce

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 168 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 #bbd3ce, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbd3ce

RGB187, 211, 206

HSL168, 21%, 78%

HSV168, 11%, 83%

CMYK11%, 0%, 2%, 17%

Lab82.71, -8.98, -0.26

XYZ54.93, 61.61, 67.39

Decimal12309454

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone552 C

Shades of powder blue

#a5c5be #8eb6ae #78a89e #63988d #548279 #466c64 #37554f #293f3b #1a2926 #0c1311

Tints of powder blue

#c1d7d2 #c6dad6 #ccdeda #d2e2de #d8e5e3 #dde9e7 #e3edeb #e9f1ef #eef4f3 #f4f8f7

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#d3bbc0 Analogous#bbd3c2 Analogous#bbccd3 Triadic#cebbd3 Triadic#d3cebb Split complementary#d3bbcc Split complementary#d3c2bb

Powder blue in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 11, 0, 2, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbd3ce on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 2 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 6 23

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 #bbd3ce straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbd3ce; }
.text { color: #bbd3ce; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbd3ce; }

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 #bbd3ce against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbd3ce 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 #bbd3ce 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 #bbd3ce 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

Every value on this page for #bbd3ce is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.