#B8CED4#B8CED4

#B8CED4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.025 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CED4
RGB	rgb(184, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 25%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(193, 13%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -6.17, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 8.25, 221.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0204 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.025 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7192, 59.0853, 70.8490)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CED4 #D4BEB8

analogous

#B8D4CC #B8CED4 #B8C0D4

triadic

#B8CED4 #D4B8CE #CED4B8

tetradic

#B8CED4 #CCB8D4 #D4BEB8 #C0D4B8

square

#B8CED4 #CCB8D4 #D4BEB8 #C0D4B8

split-complementary

#B8CED4 #D4B8C0 #D4CCB8

monochromatic

#6C99A6 #92B4BD #B8CED4 #DEE8EB #ECF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B8CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#B8CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CED4

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CED4	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.025 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddde1',
    500: '#b8ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ced4;
$custom-light: #cddde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83676,
    "c": 0.02522,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CED4

secondary

#AA8E86

accent

#5742A3

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CED4

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

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