#B5CDEC#B5CDEC

#B5CDEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.051 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDEC
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(214, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -1.41, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 18.01, 265.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0132 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.051 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0236, 59.5409, 87.8814)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDEC #ECD4B5

analogous

#B5E9EC #B5CDEC #B9B5EC

triadic

#B5CDEC #ECB5CD #CDECB5

tetradic

#B5CDEC #ECB5E9 #ECD4B5 #B5ECB9

square

#B5CDEC #ECB5E9 #ECD4B5 #B5ECB9

split-complementary

#B5CDEC #ECB9B5 #E9ECB5

monochromatic

#548BD3 #84ACDF #B5CDEC #E6EEF9 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B5CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#B5CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDEC

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDEC	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.051 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdcf2',
    500: '#b5cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdec;
$custom-light: #ccdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.818,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84058,
    "c": 0.05072,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDEC

secondary

#C9A77C

accent

#7D1FC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDEC

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

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