Powder blue

#c4e6e7

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

This is Powder blue, a soft teal at 182 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 #c4e6e7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c4e6e7

RGB196, 230, 231

HSL182, 42%, 84%

HSV182, 15%, 91%

CMYK15%, 0%, 0%, 9%

Lab88.97, -10.84, -4.22

XYZ65.49, 74.1, 86.45

Decimal12904167

Web safe#ccffff

Pantone2975 C

Shades of powder blue

#a8dadc #8cced0 #6fc2c5 #53b6b9 #42a0a3 #378486 #2b686a #204d4e #143132 #091516

Tints of powder blue

#c9e8e9 #cdeaeb #d2eced #d7eeef #dbf0f0 #e0f2f2 #e4f4f4 #e9f6f6 #eef8f8 #f2fafa

Colors that go with powder blue

Complementary#e7c5c4 Analogous#c4e7d7 Analogous#c4d4e7 Triadic#e7c4e6 Triadic#e6e7c4 Split complementary#e7c4d4 Split complementary#e7d7c4

Powder blue in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 15, 0, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c4e6e7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 0 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 4 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 #c4e6e7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c4e6e7; }
.text { color: #c4e6e7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c4e6e7; }

How powder blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Powder blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c4e6e7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c4e6e7 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 #c4e6e7 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 #c4e6e7 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

The figures for #c4e6e7 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.