#B5CDC8#B5CDC8

#B5CDC8 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.027 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDC8
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(168, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(168, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -9.03, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 9.03, 181.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0268 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.027 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3102, 57.6555, 63.0577)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDC8 #CDB5BA

analogous

#B5CDBC #B5CDC8 #B5C6CD

triadic

#B5CDC8 #C8B5CD #CDC8B5

tetradic

#B5CDC8 #BCB5CD #CDB5BA #C6CDB5

square

#B5CDC8 #BCB5CD #CDB5BA #C6CDB5

split-complementary

#B5CDC8 #CDB5C6 #CDBCB5

monochromatic

#6C9C92 #90B4AD #B5CDC8 #DAE6E3 #EDF3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B5CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#B5CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDC8

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDC8	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.027 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcd8',
    500: '#b5cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdc8;
$custom-light: #cbdcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82892,
    "c": 0.02678,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDC8

secondary

#A2848B

accent

#485A9E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDC8

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

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