Baby Blue Hex Code: #A9CCEB, Palettes and Styles

Baby Blue, the usual valueBlue

#A9CCEB

46 baby blues in the library

Pick any swatch to see its codes, its contrast and the palette it comes from.

01Put it to work

Can you read text on it?

White text looks like thisHard to read

Avoid for text. Use it for shapes and backgrounds instead. Contrast 1.7 to 1

Black text looks like thisVery easy to read

Fine for any text, even small print. Contrast 11.7 to 1

Black text reads better here. The contrast number compares how light the text is with how light the colour behind it is. It runs from 1, where the text disappears, to 21, black on white. The web accessibility standard asks for at least 4.5 for normal text and 3 for big headlines.

Pick a swatch above to see it in its own palette, next to the colours it was chosen to sit with.

02Tints and shades

A ramp from 50 to 950 around #A9CCEB, in equal perceptual steps, for backgrounds, borders and hover states. Click a step to copy it.

0349 palettes with baby blue

04The styles that use it

Y2K3 Bubbleglam3 Memphis3 Impressionism2 Web 2.0 Gloss2 Glassmorphism2 Dreamcore2 Architectural Futurism2 Parametric Architecture2 Architecture1 Surrealism1 Pottery / Ceramics1 Visual Art1 Pop Art1 Post-Modernism1 Chromecore1 Cyberpunk1 Neubrutalism1 Cyber Minimalism1 Vector Minimalism1 Surveillance1 Grainy Gradient Blur1 Tech Spec1 Glass Block1 Blueprint1 Afrofuturism1 Solarpunk1 Retrofuturism1 Frutiger Aero1 Surreal Dreamcore1 Arcology1 International Style1 Neo-Futurism1 Vintage 80s1 Neo 3D1 Cyanotype Photography1 Rococo1 Kawaii1 Playful Platformer1

05Questions

What is the hex code for baby blue?

Baby Blue is most often given as #A9CCEB. There is no single official value; the 46 baby blue swatches in the Omoro library run across the range shown on this page.

What colours go with baby blue?

In the library's palettes, baby blue most often sits beside pink, purple and yellow, with black and white as the neutrals.

Which design styles use baby blue?

Y2K, Bubbleglam and Memphis use it most. 39 styles use it in all.

Goes withPink 35%Purple 29%Yellow 24%Green 20%Orange 10%Red 8%

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