What color is Pastel Blue?
Pastel blue is a soft, pale blue with a cool, airy quality, hex #B3EBF2, lighter than a clear midday sky. It has a faint watery quality, close to the color of a robin's egg.
What is the meaning of the color Pastel Blue?
Pastel as a color category entered English in the late 19th century, drawn from the chalky pigment sticks used in fine art across Europe. Blue pastels were common in portrait work of the 18th century, used by artists such as Rosalba Carriera, who helped popularize the medium in Venice and Paris around the 1720s. The soft blue tone became associated with infants and nurseries in Western culture following a 1918 article in Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department, a US trade publication, which listed blue as the appropriate color for boys. The shade is used in the branding of the mental wellness app Calm, where it anchors a visual identity built around rest and quiet.
What colors go with Pastel Blue?
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Conversions & Codes
| Format | Value | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| HEX | #B3EBF2 |
color: #B3EBF2;
|
| RGB | 179, 235, 242 |
color: rgb(179, 235, 242);
|
| RGB Percentage | 70%, 92%, 95% |
color: rgb(70%, 92%, 95%);
|
| CMYK | 26%, 3%, 0%, 5% | Not supported in CSS |
| HSL | 187°, 71%, 83% |
color: hsl(187, 71%, 83%);
|
| HSV | 187°, 26%, 95% | Not supported in CSS |
| CIE-LAB | 66, -11, -2 |
color: lab(66% -11 -2);
|
| Decimal | 11791346 | Not supported in CSS |
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CSS & Dev Snippets
.pastel-blue {
color: #B3EBF2;
}
$pastel-blue: #B3EBF2;
rgb(179, 235, 242)