#B5DCE3#B5DCE3

#B5DCE3 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.042 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5DCE3
RGB	rgb(181, 220, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(189, 20%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 3.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -11.21, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 13.57, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0365 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.042 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.5105, 66.5542, 82.4216)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5DCE3 #E3BCB5

analogous

#B5E3D3 #B5DCE3 #B5C5E3

triadic

#B5DCE3 #E3B5DC #DCE3B5

tetradic

#B5DCE3 #D3B5E3 #E3BCB5 #C5E3B5

square

#B5DCE3 #D3B5E3 #E3BCB5 #C5E3B5

split-complementary

#B5DCE3 #E3B5C5 #E3D3B5

monochromatic

#5CB2C1 #89C7D2 #B5DCE3 #E1F1F4 #E9F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#B5DCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#B5DCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5DCE3

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5DCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5DCE3	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDD2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7E0DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5dce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 220, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.042 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cce6eb',
    500: '#b5dce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5dce3;
$custom-light: #cce6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5dce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86881,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5DCE3

secondary

#BD8980

accent

#422DB8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFD

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131616

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5DCE3

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

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