#B5CDCB#B5CDCB

#B5CDCB is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.026 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDCB
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(175, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -8.43, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 8.61, 191.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0256 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.026 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6643, 57.7972, 64.9223)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDCB #CDB5B7

analogous

#B5CDBF #B5CDCB #B5C3CD

triadic

#B5CDCB #CBB5CD #CDCBB5

tetradic

#B5CDCB #BFB5CD #CDB5B7 #C3CDB5

square

#B5CDCB #BFB5CD #CDB5B7 #C3CDB5

split-complementary

#B5CDCB #CDB5C3 #CDBFB5

monochromatic

#6C9C98 #90B4B1 #B5CDCB #DAE6E5 #EDF3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B5CDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#B5CDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDCB

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDCB	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.026 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcda',
    500: '#b5cdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdcb;
$custom-light: #cbdcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82981,
    "c": 0.02602,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDCB

secondary

#A28487

accent

#484F9E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFB

border

#D2D5D4

text

#131514

muted

#828483

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDCB

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

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