#B5ECFF#B5ECFF

#B5ECFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.062 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5ECFF
RGB	rgb(181, 236, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(195, 29%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -13.14, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 19.82, 228.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0464 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.062 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.0959, 77.0315, 105.9216)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5ECFF #FFC8B5

analogous

#B5FFED #B5ECFF #B5C7FF

triadic

#B5ECFF #FFB5EC #ECFFB5

tetradic

#B5ECFF #EDB5FF #FFC8B5 #C7FFB5

square

#B5ECFF #EDB5FF #FFC8B5 #C7FFB5

split-complementary

#B5ECFF #FFB5C7 #FFEDB5

monochromatic

#3BCDFF #78DCFF #B5ECFF #E0F7FF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#B5ECFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#B5ECFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5ECFF

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5ECFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5ECFF	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E9FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5DFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DF3F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ecff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 236, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.062 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdf2ff',
    500: '#b5ecff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ecff;
$custom-light: #cdf2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ecff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91156,
    "c": 0.06161,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5ECFF

secondary

#E69072

accent

#3B00E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#141618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5ECFF

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

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