Alice Blue color (#F0F8FF)
Alice Blue is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword aliceblue
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #F0F8FF, which is rgb(240, 248, 255) in RGB.
It is a very light neutral and a perceived lightness of 98% in OKLCH. On a alice blue background, black text gives the higher contrast at 19.57:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Alice Blue color codes
| CSS name | aliceblue |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #F0F8FF |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #F0F8FFFF |
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| RGB | rgb(240, 248, 255) |
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| HSL | hsl(208, 100%, 97%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(208, 6%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(97.5% 0.0127 244.3) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(5.9%, 2.7%, 0%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for alice blue used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of alice blue
Tints mix alice blue with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
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Colors that go with alice blue
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Alice Blue with color blindness
Approximately how alice blue appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using alice blue in CSS
.element {
color: aliceblue;
background-color: #f0f8ff;
border-color: rgb(240 248 255 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(97.5% 0.0127 244.3);
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