CSS named color

Powder Blue #B0E0E6

The CSS keyword powderblue is #B0E0E6. It is a pale muted cyan in the cyan family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.875, chroma 0.050 and hue 205.7°.

Relative luminance: 0.6825
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.875 · 0.050 · 205.7
Best text: Black 14.65:1
Hue family: Cyan

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#B0E0E6 color codes

HEX: #B0E0E6
RGB: rgb(176, 224, 230)
HSL: hsl(187, 52%, 80%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.875 0.050 205.7)
OKLab: oklab(0.875 -0.045 -0.022)
CIELAB (D65): L* 86.13, a* -14.09, b* -8.01
XYZ (D65): X 58.84, Y 68.25, Z 84.92
CMYK (naive): cmyk(23%, 3%, 0%, 10%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #B0E0E6 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.65:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.43:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

14.65:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +82
White text on it

1.43:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −23
Text is here, unreadable at 1.43:1
As text on black

14.65:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −82
As text on white

1.43:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +20
Text is here, unreadable at 1.43:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#507D83 4.56:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.88 to 0.56 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#B0E0E6 14.65:1

It already reaches 14.65:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #B0E0E6 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #B0E0E6

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #B0E0E6 sits at step 200.

50#DFFBFF

White
1.08
Black
19.38
100#CCF4F9

White
1.17
Black
17.87
200This color#B0E0E6

White
1.43
Black
14.65
300#9BC7CD

White
1.83
Black
11.44
400#7DABB0

White
2.52
Black
8.32
500#628F95

White
3.57
Black
5.88
600#4B777D

White
4.95
Black
4.23
700#356065

White
6.97
Black
3.01
800#1E474C

White
10.18
Black
2.06
900#082F33

White
14.33
Black
1.46
950#001A1E

White
18.00
Black
1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #B0E0E6 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.129; #B0E0E6 uses 39% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.139 there: 8% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.050
sRGB edge: 0.129
Display P3 edge: 0.139
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.140
Dominant wavelength: 489 nm
Excitation purity: 13%
Chromaticity: x 0.2775, y 0.3219

This color#B0E0E6
Most vivid in sRGB#53EEFF
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.875 0.139 205.7)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #b0e0e6;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.4739 0.9259 1); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #B0E0E6

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#D8F0F3
OKLab50%#D8F0F3
OKLCH50%#D8F0F3

Black #000000

sRGB50%#587073
OKLab50%#425659
OKLCH50%#425659

Its complement #F6CAC5

sRGB50%#D3D5D6
OKLab50%#D6D6D6
OKLCH50%#D4DBB5

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #b0e0e6, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #b0e0e6 50%, white);

In use

#B0E0E6 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:114.65:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.43:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.43:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.43:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #507D83 4.56:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:114.65:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:113.06:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:113.06:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:113.06:1 Passes

Color vision

How #B0E0E6 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 16.3; tritanopia changes it least, 5.6.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#D8DCE6 ΔE2000 14.8

Distinct

Reads as light gray
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#CFD4E6 ΔE2000 16.3

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish blue
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#9FE4E2 ΔE2000 5.6

Noticeable

Reads as pale muted cyan
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#D7D7D7 ΔE2000 14.9

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F6CAC5. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#B0E0E6 · #F6CAC5	38.4	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#D8DCE6 · #D2CFC5	10.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#CFD4E6 · #DDD7C5	16.8	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#9FE4E2 · #FFC5C9	41.2	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#D7D7D7 · #D4D4D4	0.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #B0E0E6

Its complement is #F6CAC5, a pale muted red, on the warm side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#B0E0E6
Complement#F6CAC5

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#B4E1D4
Base#B0E0E6
+30°#B7DCF3

Analogous

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Base#B0E0E6
+120°#E8CBE8
+240°#E5D4B1

Triadic

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Base#B0E0E6
+150°#F2C9D7
+210°#F1CEB7

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-powderblue: #b0e0e6;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        powderblue: '#b0e0e6',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-powderblue: oklch(0.875 0.050 205.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "powderblue": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6902, 0.8784, 0.902],
        "hex": "#b0e0e6"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color powderblue"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let powderblue = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.690, green: 0.878, blue: 0.902, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Powderblue = Color(0xFFB0E0E6)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

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Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Powder Blue #B0E0E6

#B0E0E6 color codes

Contrast: is #B0E0E6 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #B0E0E6 live

Shades and tints of #B0E0E6

How vivid #B0E0E6 can get

Mixing #B0E0E6

#B0E0E6 in an interface

How #B0E0E6 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #B0E0E6

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #B0E0E6 in the tools