#B5CDEE#B5CDEE

#B5CDEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.053 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CDEE
RGB	rgb(181, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(215, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -0.96, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 18.95, 267.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0125 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.053 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.3158, 59.6578, 89.4203)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CDEE #EED6B5

analogous

#B5E9EE #B5CDEE #BAB5EE

triadic

#B5CDEE #EEB5CD #CDEEB5

tetradic

#B5CDEE #EEB5E9 #EED6B5 #B5EEBA

square

#B5CDEE #EEB5E9 #EED6B5 #B5EEBA

split-complementary

#B5CDEE #EEBAB5 #E9EEB5

monochromatic

#518AD7 #83ABE3 #B5CDEE #E6EEF9 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B5CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#B5CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CDEE

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CDEE	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6D4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.053 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdcf3',
    500: '#b5cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cdee;
$custom-light: #ccdcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84129,
    "c": 0.05315,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CDEE

secondary

#CCAA7C

accent

#811BCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131517

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CDEE

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

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