#B5CEDE#B5CEDE

#B5CEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.035 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CEDE
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(203, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -5.02, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 11.85, 244.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0196 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.035 236)
XYZ	xyz(54.3087, 59.2389, 77.6660)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CEDE #DEC5B5

analogous

#B5DEDA #B5CEDE #B5BADE

triadic

#B5CEDE #DEB5CE #CEDEB5

tetradic

#B5CEDE #DAB5DE #DEC5B5 #BADEB5

square

#B5CEDE #DAB5DE #DEC5B5 #BADEB5

split-complementary

#B5CEDE #DEB5BA #DEDAB5

monochromatic

#6096B8 #8BB2CB #B5CEDE #DFEAF1 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B5CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#B5CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CEDE

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CEDE	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.035 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdce8',
    500: '#b5cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cede;
$custom-light: #cbdce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83786,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.5924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CEDE

secondary

#B69681

accent

#6534B1

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CEDE

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

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