What is the hex code for Powder Blue?

Powder Blue is #b0e0e6. In CSS the keyword powderblue, the hex #b0e0e6, rgb(176, 224, 230) and hsl(187, 52%, 80%) all paint the same color.

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

The opposite (complementary) color is #e6b6b0, 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 Powder Blue for text?

Powder Blue as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.43:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 14.65:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Blues

Powder Blue color: hex #b0e0e6, RGB and HSL

Powder Blue is the CSS keyword powderblue, hex #b0e0e6, rgb(176, 224, 230), hsl(187, 52%, 80%). It is a light, muted cyan in the blues 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: powderblue
Hex: #b0e0e6
RGB: rgb(176, 224, 230)
HSL: hsl(187, 52%, 80%)
On white: 1.43:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 14.65:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: powderblue;          /* keyword */
  color: #b0e0e6;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(176, 224, 230); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(187, 52%, 80%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with powder blue

Each match keeps powder 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 powder 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.

#e6b6b0

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.

#e6b0c5

#e6d1b0

Triadic

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

#e6b0e0

#e0e6b0

Analogous

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

#b0e6d1

#b0c5e6

Tints and shades of powder blue

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

Tints (lighter)

#bde5ea

#caeaee

#d8f0f3

#e5f5f7

#f2fafb

Shades (darker)

#7dccd6

#49b8c5

#318e9a

#215f67

#102f33

A UI color palette built from powder blue

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from powder 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: #b0e0e6
secondary: #e6b0c5
accent: #e6d1b0
background: #fcfdfd
surface: #f3f6f6
text: #122021
muted: #5b858b
border: #e0eaeb

Dark mode

primary: #b0e0e6
secondary: #e6b0c5
accent: #e6d1b0
background: #0f191a
surface: #172527
text: #f3f6f6
muted: #98b1b4
border: #2a4347

Open powder blue in the palette generator

Using powder blue in an interface

Blue is the default interface color for a reason: it sits comfortably behind content, it has a wide usable lightness range for hover and pressed states, and its complement (orange) leaves red and green free for status. Most of the good primaries in this set are here. Whichever role powder 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 Powder Blue?: Powder Blue is #b0e0e6. In CSS the keyword powderblue, the hex #b0e0e6, rgb(176, 224, 230) and hsl(187, 52%, 80%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Powder Blue?: Its complement is #e6b6b0, the split-complementary pair is #e6b0c5 and #e6d1b0, the triadic partners are #e6b0e0 and #e0e6b0, and the analogous neighbors are #b0e6d1 and #b0c5e6. In an interface, use Powder Blue for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Powder Blue on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #e6b6b0, 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 Powder Blue for text?: Powder Blue as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.43:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 14.65:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.