#B5CDEB#B5CDEB

#B5CDEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.050 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDEB
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(213, 57%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(213, 23%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -1.64, -17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 17.55, 264.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0136 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.05 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8787, 59.4829, 87.1184)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDEB #EBD3B5

analogous

#B5E8EB #B5CDEB #B8B5EB

triadic

#B5CDEB #EBB5CD #CDEBB5

tetradic

#B5CDEB #EBB5E8 #EBD3B5 #B5EBB8

square

#B5CDEB #EBB5E8 #EBD3B5 #B5EBB8

split-complementary

#B5CDEB #EBB8B5 #E8EBB5

monochromatic

#558CD1 #85ACDE #B5CDEB #E5EEF8 #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B5CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#B5CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDEB

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDEB	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7D3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.050 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdcf1',
    500: '#b5cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdeb;
$custom-light: #ccdcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84022,
    "c": 0.04951,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDEB

secondary

#C7A67D

accent

#7C20C5

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDEB

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

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