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blue · 7 palettes

Nile Blue

About Nile Blue

Nile Blue is a light, muted blue tone. Its hex value is #bce4e5 — that is RGB 188, 228, 229, or HSL 181°, 44%, 82%.

It holds 15.4:1 contrast against dark, so Nile Blue works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 1.4:1; on black 15.4:1.)

Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Nile Blue appears in 7 combinations — most often paired with Etruscan Red, Pyrite Yellow and Peach Red.

Palettes with Nile Blue

Nile Blue appears in 7 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.

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