Alice blue

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Alice-Blue
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F0F8FF
RGBa	(r, g, b)	(240, 248, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(208°, 6%, 100%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Alice Blue is a light blue-gray or steel blue color that was favored by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt and which sparked a fashion sensation in the United States.

The hit song "Alice Blue Gown", inspired by Longworth's signature gown, premiered in the 1919 Broadway musical Irene. The musical was made into a movie in 1940 starring Anna Neagle and Ray Milland.

The color is specified by the United States Navy for use in insignia and trim on vessels named for Theodore Roosevelt. "AliceBlue" is also one of the original 1987 X11 color names which became the basis for color description in web authoring. The typical hexadecimal formulation for Alice Blue is not, however, one of the web safe colors for older displays.

In popular culture, on the Bullwinkle cartoon show, alice blue and ochre were the school colors of Wossamatta U.

					Shades of blue
Alice blue	Azure	Blue	Cerulean	Cerulean blue	Cobalt blue	Cornflower blue	Dark blue	Denim	Dodger blue	Indigo	International Klein Blue
Lavender	Midnight Blue	Navy blue	Periwinkle	Persian blue	Powder blue	Prussian blue	Royal blue	Sapphire	Steel blue	Ultramarine	Light blue

					Shades of Cyan
Alice blue	Aqua	Aquamarine	Baby blue	Bondi blue	Cerulean	Cyan	Pine Green	Robin egg blue	Teal	Turquoise	Viridian