#B5CDCD#B5CDCD

#B5CDCD is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.026 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDCD
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 19%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -8.03, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 8.49, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0248 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.026 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9042, 57.8931, 66.1856)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDCD #CDB5B5

analogous

#B5CDC1 #B5CDCD #B5C1CD

triadic

#B5CDCD #CDB5CD #CDCDB5

tetradic

#B5CDCD #C1B5CD #CDB5B5 #C1CDB5

square

#B5CDCD #C1B5CD #CDB5B5 #C1CDB5

split-complementary

#B5CDCD #CDB5C1 #CDC1B5

monochromatic

#6C9C9C #90B4B4 #B5CDCD #DAE6E6 #EDF3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B5CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#B5CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDCD

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDCD	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.026 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcdc',
    500: '#b5cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdcd;
$custom-light: #cbdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 19.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83041,
    "c": 0.02588,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDCD

secondary

#A28484

accent

#48489E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDCD

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

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