#B4CEEB#B4CEEB

#B4CEEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.049 H 251.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CEEB
RGB	rgb(180, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(212, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -2.47, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 17.36, 261.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0159 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.049 251.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8850, 59.8424, 87.1874)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CEEB #EBD1B4

analogous

#B4EAEB #B4CEEB #B6B4EB

triadic

#B4CEEB #EBB4CE #CEEBB4

tetradic

#B4CEEB #EBB4EA #EBD1B4 #B4EBB6

square

#B4CEEB #EBB4EA #EBD1B4 #B4EBB6

split-complementary

#B4CEEB #EBB6B4 #EAEBB4

monochromatic

#538FD1 #84AEDE #B4CEEB #E4EEF8 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B4CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#B4CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CEEB

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CEEB	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.049 251.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcf1',
    500: '#b4ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ceeb;
$custom-light: #cbdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.636,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8416,
    "c": 0.04945,
    "h": 251.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CEEB

secondary

#C7A47C

accent

#7720C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFCFE

border

#D3D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CEEB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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