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Alice Blue Color

#f0f8ff

Alice Blue Color

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A very pale, cool blue reportedly named after Alice Roosevelt Longworth, whose favorite color was said to have inspired a fashion trend in early 20th-century America.

Nearest Tailwind class sky-50 #f0f9ff · ΔE 0.8

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Conversions

HEX

#f0f8ff

RGB

rgb(240, 248, 255)

HSL

hsl(208, 100%, 97.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(208, 5.9%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 0%)

LAB

lab(97.18, -1.35, -4.26)

LCH

lch(97.18, 4.47, 252.42)

OKLCH

oklch(97.5%, 0.0127, 244.24)

HWB

hwb(208, 94.1%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fff7f0

Analogous

#f0ffff

#f0f8ff

#f0f1ff

Triadic

#f0f8ff

#fff0f8

#f8fff0

Split-complementary

#f0f8ff

#fff0f1

#fffff0

Tetradic

#f0f8ff

#f7f0ff

#fff7f0

#f8fff0

Square

#f0f8ff

#fff0ff

#fff7f0

#f1fff0

Shades

Alice Blue Color mixed toward black.

#9ed2ff

#4babff

#0084f8

#0058a5

#002c53

Tints

Alice Blue Color mixed toward white.

#f3f9ff

#f5faff

#f8fcff

#fafdff

#fdfeff

Tones

Alice Blue Color mixed toward gray.

#f1f8fe

#f3f8fd

#f4f8fb

#f5f8fa

#f6f8f9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f4f4fd · ΔE 4.3

Deuteranopia

#f3f2fd · ΔE 5.3

Tritanopia

#f0fcfc · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#f7f7f7 · ΔE 4.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f0f8ff;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f0f8ff]

Related colors

Steel Blue #4682b4

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

Alice Blue (#f0f8ff) is rgb(240, 248, 255) in RGB.

No, #f0f8ff is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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