#B8CED6#B8CED6

#B8CED6 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.026 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CED6
RGB	rgb(184, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(196, 27%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(196, 14%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -5.76, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 8.66, 228.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0196 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.026 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9731, 59.1869, 72.1859)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CED6 #D6C0B8

analogous

#B8D6CF #B8CED6 #B8BFD6

triadic

#B8CED6 #D6B8CE #CED6B8

tetradic

#B8CED6 #CFB8D6 #D6C0B8 #BFD6B8

square

#B8CED6 #CFB8D6 #D6C0B8 #BFD6B8

split-complementary

#B8CED6 #D6B8BF #D6CFB8

monochromatic

#6A98A9 #91B3C0 #B8CED6 #DFE9EC #ECF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B8CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#B8CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CED6

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CED6	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.026 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddde2',
    500: '#b8ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ced6;
$custom-light: #cddde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 26.786,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83738,
    "c": 0.02629,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CED6

secondary

#AC9086

accent

#5B40A5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CED6

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

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