CSS named colour
Powder Blue
#b0e0e6
A CSS named colour: powderblue is valid anywhere a colour is expected.
- RGB
- rgb(176 224 230)
- HSL
- 187°, 52%, 80%
- OKLCh
- 87.5% 0.050 205.7
Powder Blue in every format
Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.
| Hex | #b0e0e6 | |
|---|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(176 224 230) | |
| RGB legacy | rgb(176, 224, 230) | |
| RGB percent | rgb(69.02% 87.84% 90.2%) | |
| HSL | hsl(186.7 51.9% 79.6%) | |
| HSL legacy | hsl(186.7, 51.9%, 79.6%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(186.7, 23.5%, 90.2%) | |
| HWB | hwb(186.7 69% 9.8%) | |
| Nearest name | powderblue | |
| CMYK | cmyk(23.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 9.8%)Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile. |
Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.
| OKLCh | oklch(87.508% 0.0502 205.731)Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales. | |
|---|---|---|
| OKLab | oklab(87.508% -0.04523 -0.0218) | |
| CIE LCh | lch(85.953% 17.209 208.881) | |
| CIE Lab | lab(85.953% -15.068 -8.312) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.7283 0.873 0.8972) | |
| Rec. 2020 | color(rec2020 0.7422 0.8515 0.8845) | |
| srgb-linear | color(srgb-linear 0.4342 0.7454 0.7913)Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths. | |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.5884 0.6825 0.8494) |
ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.
| GLSL vec3 — sRGB | vec3(0.69, 0.878, 0.902)Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer. | |
|---|---|---|
| GLSL vec3 — linear | vec3(0.434, 0.745, 0.791)Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing. | |
| GLSL vec4 — sRGB | vec4(0.69, 0.878, 0.902, 1.0) | |
| GLSL vec4 — linear | vec4(0.434, 0.745, 0.791, 1.0) | |
| GLSL ivec3 | ivec3(176, 224, 230) | |
| HLSL float3 — sRGB | float3(0.69, 0.878, 0.902) | |
| HLSL float3 — linear | float3(0.434, 0.745, 0.791) | |
| HLSL float4 — sRGB | float4(0.69, 0.878, 0.902, 1.0) | |
| HLSL half4 — sRGB | half4(0.69, 0.878, 0.902, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3f — sRGB | vec3f(0.69, 0.878, 0.902) | |
| WGSL vec4f — sRGB | vec4f(0.69, 0.878, 0.902, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3<f32> — linear | vec3<f32>(0.434, 0.745, 0.791) |
Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.
| Unity Color | new Color(0.69f, 0.878f, 0.902f, 1.0f)Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Color32 | new Color32(176, 224, 230, 255) | |
| Unreal FLinearColor | FLinearColor(0.4342f, 0.7454f, 0.7913f, 1.0f)FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
| Unreal FColor | FColor(176, 224, 230, 255)Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor. | |
| Godot Color | Color(0.69, 0.878, 0.902, 1) | |
| Flutter Color | Color(0xFFB0E0E6)Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first. | |
| Android Color | Color.rgb(176, 224, 230) | |
| SwiftUI Color | Color(red: 0.69, green: 0.878, blue: 0.902) | |
| UIKit UIColor | UIColor(red: 0.69, green: 0.878, blue: 0.902, alpha: 1) |
Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.
| 0x hex | 0xB0E0E6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 0x hex (ARGB) | 0xFFB0E0E6 | |
| Array 0–1 | [0.69, 0.878, 0.902] | |
| Array 0–255 | [176, 224, 230] | |
| Decimal integer | 11591910 |
Contrast and accessibility
WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.
| Pairing | WCAG 2 ratio | Level | APCA | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Blue on white | 1.43:1 | Fail | Lc 21 | Not usable for text |
| Powder Blue on black | 14.65:1 | AAA | Lc 83 | Body text, 18px and up |
Powder Blue text on a white background
Powder Blue text on a black background
White text on Powder Blue
Black text on Powder Blue
Tonal scale
Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.
- 50#dcffff
- 100#d0f6fa
- 200#bde5ea
- 300#a4cfd4
- 400#86b3b8
- 500#67949a
- 600#4e7a7f
- 700#3a6267
- 800#2a4e53
- 900#1c3e42
- 950#082427
Tints and shades
Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.
- Tint 1#bee5ea
- Tint 2#cbeaee
- Tint 3#d8f0f3
- Tint 4#e5f5f7
- Tint 5#f2fafb
- Shade 1#89afb4
- Shade 2#648185
- Shade 3#425659
- Shade 4#222e30
- Shade 5#070b0c
Colours that work with Powder Blue
Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.
- #f6cac5
- #e8cbe8
- #e5d4b1
- #b4e1d4
- #b7dcf3
Closest CSS names
powderblueexact matchlightblueΔEok 0.022paleturquoiseΔEok 0.036lightgrayΔEok 0.051gainsboroΔEok 0.054skyblueΔEok 0.072