CSS named color

Powder Blue #B0E0E6

Powder Blue is light cyan. Below: every color format, WCAG contrast against black and white, its tints, shades and tones, and the harmonies that pair with it.

Color values

Contrast & accessibility

WCAG contrast ratio of Powder Blue used as a foreground on white and black backgrounds.

Aa The quick brown fox
1.43:1

On white

AA ✕ AAA ✕ AA Large ✕
Aa The quick brown fox
14.65:1

On black

AA ✓ AAA ✓ AA Large ✓

Tints, shades & tones

Systematic variations of Powder Blue — click any swatch to copy its hex.

Tintsmixed toward white
Shadesmixed toward black
Tonesmixed toward gray

Color harmonies

Palettes built from Powder Blue by rotating its hue. Each swatch links to its closest named color.

Complementary

#B0E0E6 ≈ Light Blue #E7B8B1 ≈ Light Pink

Analogous

#B1E7D2 ≈ Powder Blue #B0E0E6 ≈ Light Blue #B1C6E7 ≈ Light Steel Blue

Triadic

#B0E0E6 ≈ Light Blue #E7B1E0 ≈ Plum #E0E7B1 ≈ Pale Goldenrod

Split-complementary

#B0E0E6 ≈ Light Blue #E7B1C6 ≈ Light Pink #E7D2B1 ≈ Wheat

Tetradic

#B0E0E6 ≈ Light Blue #D2B1E7 ≈ Thistle #E7B8B1 ≈ Light Pink #C6E7B1 ≈ Light Gray

Use Powder Blue in your stack

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

Works for any property: text-[#b0e0e6], border-[#b0e0e6].

CSS custom property

Reference it anywhere with var(--color).

Build a full theme

Turn Powder Blue into a complete shadcn/ui palette — light & dark, contrast-checked, one-command install.

Extract a theme →

Similar named colors

Light Blue #ADD8E6 Pale Turquoise #AFEEEE Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE Light Gray #D3D3D3 Gainsboro #DCDCDC Sky Blue #87CEEB

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