Powder blue

#c4e1db

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

Powder blue is a light teal, open between blue and green. 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 #c4e1db, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4e1db

RGB196, 225, 219

HSL168, 33%, 83%

HSV168, 13%, 88%

CMYK13%, 0%, 3%, 12%

Lab87.34, -10.69, -0.3

XYZ62.48, 70.7, 77.37

Decimal12902875

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone628 C

Shades of powder blue

#aad4cb #90c7bb #76baac #5cac9c #4c9686 #3f7c6f #326258 #254841 #172e29 #0a1412

Tints of powder blue

#c9e3de #cde6e1 #d2e8e4 #d7ebe7 #dcede9 #e0efec #e5f2ef #eaf4f2 #eef7f5 #f3f9f8

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e1c4ca Analogous#c4e1cc Analogous#c4d9e1 Triadic#dbc4e1 Triadic#e1dbc4 Split complementary#e1c4d9 Split complementary#e1ccc4

Powder blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 3, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4e1db on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 3 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 7 18

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 #c4e1db straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4e1db; }
.text { color: #c4e1db; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4e1db; }

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 #c4e1db against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4e1db 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 #c4e1db 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 #c4e1db 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

Every value on this page for #c4e1db is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.