#B5CEDD#B5CEDD

#B5CEDD is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.034 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CEDD
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(203, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -5.24, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 11.50, 242.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.02 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.034 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1751, 59.1854, 76.9622)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CEDD #DDC4B5

analogous

#B5DDD8 #B5CEDD #B5BADD

triadic

#B5CEDD #DDB5CE #CEDDB5

tetradic

#B5CEDD #D8B5DD #DDC4B5 #BADDB5

square

#B5CEDD #D8B5DD #DDC4B5 #BADDB5

split-complementary

#B5CEDD #DDB5BA #DDD8B5

monochromatic

#6196B6 #8BB2CA #B5CEDD #DFEAF0 #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B5CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#B5CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CEDD

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CEDD	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.034 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdde7',
    500: '#b5cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cedd;
$custom-light: #cbdde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 37.037,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83753,
    "c": 0.03419,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CEDD

secondary

#B59581

accent

#6336B0

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CEDD

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

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