Powder Blue - Powder Blue (web Color Powder Blue)

Powder Blue (web Color Powder Blue)

Powder blue
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #B0E0E6
sRGBB (r, g, b) (176, 224, 230)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (100, 20, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (220°, 70%, 90%)
Source X11
B:Normalized to (byte)
H:Normalized to (hundred)

The web color powder blue is shown on the right.

The first recorded use of powder blue (meaning the pale blue color) as a color name in English was in 1774.

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