#B5CEDF#B5CEDF

#B5CEDF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.036 H 237.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5CEDF
RGB	rgb(181, 206, 223)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(204, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -4.81, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 12.21, 246.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0193 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.036 237.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4432, 59.2927, 78.3739)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5CEDF #DFC6B5

analogous

#B5DFDB #B5CEDF #B5B9DF

triadic

#B5CEDF #DFB5CE #CEDFB5

tetradic

#B5CEDF #DBB5DF #DFC6B5 #B9DFB5

square

#B5CEDF #DBB5DF #DFC6B5 #B9DFB5

split-complementary

#B5CEDF #DFB5B9 #DFDBB5

monochromatic

#6095BA #8AB2CD #B5CEDF #E0EAF1 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B5CEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#B5CEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5CEDF

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5CEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5CEDF	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5cedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 206, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.036 237.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdce9',
    500: '#b5cedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5cedf;
$custom-light: #cbdce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5cedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.286,
    "s": 39.623,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83819,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 237.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5CEDF

secondary

#B89781

accent

#6733B3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5CEDF

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

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