#B5DEF8#B5DEF8

#B5DEF8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.056 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5DEF8
RGB	rgb(181, 222, 248)
HSL	hsl(203, 83%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(203, 27%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -7.59, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 18.65, 245.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0312 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.056 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.1156, 68.8412, 98.8036)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5DEF8 #F8CFB5

analogous

#B5F8F1 #B5DEF8 #B5BDF8

triadic

#B5DEF8 #F8B5DE #DEF8B5

tetradic

#B5DEF8 #F1B5F8 #F8CFB5 #BDF8B5

square

#B5DEF8 #F1B5F8 #F8CFB5 #BDF8B5

split-complementary

#B5DEF8 #F8B5BD #F8F1B5

monochromatic

#45ACED #7DC5F3 #B5DEF8 #E3F3FC #E3F3FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#B5DEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#B5DEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5DEF8

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5DEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5DEF8	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DDF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9D5F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1E5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5def8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 222, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.056 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cce8fa',
    500: '#b5def8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5def8;
$custom-light: #cce8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5def8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.284,
    "s": 82.716,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87992,
    "c": 0.05602,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5DEF8

secondary

#DB9D77

accent

#5A06DF

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FBFCFF

border

#D4D5D7

text

#131617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5DEF8

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

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