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Light Blue

Shuttle Art Blue cool

Shuttle Art 182 Light Blue is a pale blue alcohol marker in the Blue family. It sits in the highlight range, making it well-suited for pale sky, light water, cloudy sky. Cool undertones make it well-suited to shadows, skies, and atmospheric depth.

Blue family Cool temperature 78% lightness
Pale skyLight waterCloudy skySoft atmosphereDaylight haze
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Marker Facts

Marker Name
Light Blue
Color Family
Blue
Temperature
Cool
Lightness
78%
Saturation
40%
Palettes Using This Marker
0

Suggested Blend Ladder

Blue family — layer from shadow to highlight for smooth gradients.

Shadow Side
146
146 L76%
170
Dark Blue Light L77%
Current Marker
182
Light Blue L78%
Highlight Side
144
Misty Blue L79%
B22
B22 L80%

Works Well With

Shadows
185
185
-13 lightness
189
189
-14 lightness
D74
Egyptian Blue
-16 lightness
174
174
-19 lightness
Analogous Colors
53
53
15° hue shift
58
58
15° hue shift
188
188
15° hue shift
195
195
15° hue shift
Complementary Accent

Opposite on the color wheel. Useful for contrast, focal points, and making warm colors stand out.

95
Burnt Sienna
opposite hue
WG4
Warm Grey 4
opposite hue
211
211
opposite hue
214
214
opposite hue

Compatible Palettes

Curated palettes where 182 fits the color story by mood and hue.

🍭 Cotton Candy
Spun from air and sugar at the fairground — one cloud that actually fits in your hand.
Emotional
🧺 Laundromat
Tube-lit blue at 11 p.m., dryers tumbling behind a row of orange plastic chairs nobody is in.
Environment
🕊 Sunday Garden Stillness
Sage and powder sky over wet grass before anyone in the house is awake.
Emotional
🎨 Watercolor Airy
Botanical study left to dry on cold-press paper; pigment pooling at the edges and the rest fading to white.
Art Style
🏪 Fluorescent Store
Drugstore tubes humming at 3 a.m.; every face the color of nausea.
Lighting
🌸 Cherry Blossom Rain
Pink petals stuck to rain-darkened concrete the morning after the bloom.
Seasonal
🏥 Hospital Waiting Room
Institutional aqua walls, vinyl chair mauve, fluorescent hum — time moves differently here.
Environment
📺 Dreamcore Static
Yellow-green hallway extending past where memory ends; the carpet doesn't repeat and the doors are all wrong.
Emotional

Similar Colors in Blue

67
Pastel Blue
pale teal
#97D9E5
143
Ice Blue
pale teal
#CDE1E7
178
Pale Turquoise
light blue
#9DC7D5
170
Dark Blue Light
pale teal
#AED0DA
125
Turquoise Blue
pale teal
#9DDDE6
272
Grayishight Blue Pale
pale blue
#B1D5EF
143
Ice Blue
pale vivid blue
#BADFF5
144
144
light blue
#8CBCDC

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