#B5CECE#B5CECE

#B5CECE is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.027 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CECE
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 20%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(180, 12%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -8.35, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 8.82, 198.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0258 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.027 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2652, 58.4215, 66.9034)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CECE #CEB5B5

analogous

#B5CEC1 #B5CECE #B5C1CE

triadic

#B5CECE #CEB5CE #CECEB5

tetradic

#B5CECE #C1B5CE #CEB5B5 #C1CEB5

square

#B5CECE #C1B5CE #CEB5B5 #C1CEB5

split-complementary

#B5CECE #CEB5C1 #CEC1B5

monochromatic

#6B9D9D #90B6B6 #B5CECE #DAE6E6 #EDF3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B5CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#B5CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CECE

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CECE	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.027 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdddc',
    500: '#b5cece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cece;
$custom-light: #cbdddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 20.325,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83281,
    "c": 0.0269,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CECE

secondary

#A38484

accent

#47479F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CECE

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

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