#B5DDEE#B5DDEE

#B5DDEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.048 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5DDEE
RGB	rgb(181, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -9.32, -12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 15.68, 233.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.45% -0.0336 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(87.45% 0.048 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3407, 67.7075, 90.7619)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5DDEE #EEC6B5

analogous

#B5EEE3 #B5DDEE #B5C1EE

triadic

#B5DDEE #EEB5DD #DDEEB5

tetradic

#B5DDEE #E3B5EE #EEC6B5 #C1EEB5

square

#B5DDEE #E3B5EE #EEC6B5 #C1EEB5

split-complementary

#B5DDEE #EEB5C1 #EEE3B5

monochromatic

#51AFD7 #83C6E3 #B5DDEE #E6F4F9 #E6F4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B5DDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#B5DDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5DDEE

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5DDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5DDEE	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4DBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBD4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4E2E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.048 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cce7f3',
    500: '#b5ddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ddee;
$custom-light: #cce7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87446,
    "c": 0.04801,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5DDEE

secondary

#CC937C

accent

#4F1BCA

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFCFE

border

#D3D5D6

text

#131617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5DDEE

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

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