Powder blue

This box shows the color Powder blue.
 

Powder blue is a pale shade of blue. It is a darker shade of alice blue. It is similar to azure. Similar to most colors, powder blue does not have a defined hue or saturation. In the 1650s, powder blue was powdered smalt (cobalt glass). It was used in laundering and dyeing. It came to be used as a color name from 1894.

Shades of powder blue
Australian Standard[1] British Standard[2] Dulux Trade Paint[3] Online survey[4]
This box shows the color #BECFDD.
 
This box shows the color #9EB9D4.
 
This box shows the color #B2CDEB.
 
This box shows the color #B1D1FC.
 

References

  1. ↑ Australian Standard AS 2700 Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine colour B32 (Powder Blue)
  2. ↑ Powder Blue BS4800 20D41 Archived 2017-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Paint colour
  3. ↑ "Dulux Trade Colour Powder Blue". Archived from the original on 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  4. ↑ Xkcd Color Survey Results
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