What is the hex code for Alice Blue?

Alice Blue is #f0f8ff. In CSS the keyword aliceblue, the hex #f0f8ff, rgb(240, 248, 255) and hsl(208, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Alice Blue on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #fff7f0, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Alice Blue for text?

Alice Blue as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.07:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 19.58:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Whites

Alice Blue color: hex #f0f8ff, RGB and HSL

Alice Blue is the CSS keyword aliceblue, hex #f0f8ff, rgb(240, 248, 255), hsl(208, 100%, 97%). It is a very light, fully saturated blue in the whites family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: aliceblue
Hex: #f0f8ff
RGB: rgb(240, 248, 255)
HSL: hsl(208, 100%, 97%)
On white: 1.07:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 19.58:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: aliceblue;          /* keyword */
  color: #f0f8ff;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(240, 248, 255); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(208, 100%, 97%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with alice blue

Each match keeps alice blue's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside alice blue as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#fff7f0

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#fff0f1

#fffff0 · ivory

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#fff0f8

#f8fff0

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#f0ffff · azure

#f0f1ff

Tints and shades of alice blue

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as alice blue — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#f3f9ff

#f5faff

#f8fcff

#fafdff

#fdfeff

Shades (darker)

#9ed2ff

#4babff

#0084f8

#0058a5

#002c52

A UI color palette built from alice blue

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from alice blue as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #f0f8ff
secondary: #fff0f1
accent: #fffff0
background: #fcfcfd
surface: #f3f5f7
text: #111a22
muted: #56758f
border: #dfe6ec

Dark mode

primary: #f0f8ff
secondary: #fff0f1
accent: #fffff0
background: #0e151b
surface: #151f28
text: #f3f5f6
muted: #94a7b8
border: #273949

Open alice blue in the palette generator

Using alice blue in an interface

The near-whites are page backgrounds. A canvas at ivory or alice blue instead of pure white is the difference between a page that feels designed and one that feels blank — and it is exactly what a tinted `background` role does in a semantic palette. Whichever role alice blue takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Alice Blue?: Alice Blue is #f0f8ff. In CSS the keyword aliceblue, the hex #f0f8ff, rgb(240, 248, 255) and hsl(208, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Alice Blue?: Its complement is #fff7f0, the split-complementary pair is #fff0f1 and #fffff0, the triadic partners are #fff0f8 and #f8fff0, and the analogous neighbors are #f0ffff and #f0f1ff. In an interface, use Alice Blue for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Alice Blue on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #fff7f0, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Alice Blue for text?: Alice Blue as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.07:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 19.58:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.