#B5CDCE#B5CDCE

#B5CDCE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.026 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDCE
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(182, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -7.83, -3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 8.47, 202.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0244 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.026 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0252, 57.9415, 66.8234)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDCE #CEB6B5

analogous

#B5CEC2 #B5CDCE #B5C0CE

triadic

#B5CDCE #CEB5CD #CDCEB5

tetradic

#B5CDCE #C2B5CE #CEB6B5 #C0CEB5

square

#B5CDCE #C2B5CE #CEB6B5 #C0CEB5

split-complementary

#B5CDCE #CEB5C0 #CEC2B5

monochromatic

#6B9B9D #90B4B6 #B5CDCE #DAE6E6 #EDF3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B5CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#B5CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDCE

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDCE	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.026 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcdc',
    500: '#b5cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdce;
$custom-light: #cbdcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83071,
    "c": 0.02592,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDCE

secondary

#A38684

accent

#4A479F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDCE

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

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