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.

Blue powder

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

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

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[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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