#B5C8CA#B5C8CA

#B5C8CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.021 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C8CA
RGB	rgb(181, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(186, 10%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -6.02, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 6.82, 207.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.019 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.021 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3685, 55.3957, 63.9044)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C8CA #CAB7B5

analogous

#B5CAC1 #B5C8CA #B5BECA

triadic

#B5C8CA #CAB5C8 #C8CAB5

tetradic

#B5C8CA #C1B5CA #CAB7B5 #BECAB5

square

#B5C8CA #C1B5CA #CAB7B5 #BECAB5

split-complementary

#B5C8CA #CAB5BE #CAC1B5

monochromatic

#6E9397 #91ADB0 #B5C8CA #D9E3E4 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B5C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#B5C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C8CA

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C8CA	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.021 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd8da',
    500: '#b5c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c8ca;
$custom-light: #cbd8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 16.535,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81899,
    "c": 0.02089,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C8CA

secondary

#9E8785

accent

#524B9B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C8CA

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

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