Alice Blue Color

#f0f8ff

Alice Blue is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #0f0700
Complementary Color #fff7f0
Color Shade: cool cyan (208° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 97.06% (better contrasting with black)
Alice Blue Color Sample
Alice Blue Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #f0f8ff

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Alice Blue Color. The Zumthor color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Solitude (#eaf6ff) for more calm effect. Try Heart of Ice as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#fff7f0 is the best complementary color to Alice Blue. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f0f8ff complementary color is Seashell Peach, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Alice Blue are #f0fffe and #f0f0ff. Thus found on the left and right of #f0f8ff on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dew and Titan White colors as they work well with Alice Blue.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Alice Blue palette consists of #fffef0 and #fff0f0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#fff7f0). Try Rice Cake and Chablis colors in combination with #f0f8ff, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #f0f8ff offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Alice Blue. Thus Ceramic and Tutu giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Alice Blue contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Seashell Peach, White Pointer, and Hint of Green split by 90° on the color wheel. #f0f8ff square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Alice Blue tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#fff7f0) and two others. The Tutu is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Hint of Green – 120° from the complementary Seashell Peach. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #fff0f8 and #f0fff7.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #f0f8ff is made of 32% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Alice Blue has a hue angle of 208°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 97.06%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f0f8ff is made of 5.88% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #f0f8ff
RGB Decimal rgb(240,248,255)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 5.88, 2.75, 0, 0
HSL hsl(208,100%,97.06%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(208,5.88%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(97.1789,-1.3431,-4.2731)
XYZ xyz(87.5526,92.8801,107.9209)
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