#B8CED8#B8CED8

#B8CED8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.028 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8CED8
RGB	rgb(184, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 29%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(199, 15%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -5.34, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 9.17, 234.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0189 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.028 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2301, 59.2897, 73.5393)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8CED8 #D8C2B8

analogous

#B8D8D2 #B8CED8 #B8BED8

triadic

#B8CED8 #D8B8CE #CED8B8

tetradic

#B8CED8 #D2B8D8 #D8C2B8 #BED8B8

square

#B8CED8 #D2B8D8 #D8C2B8 #BED8B8

split-complementary

#B8CED8 #D8B8BE #D8D2B8

monochromatic

#6997AD #90B3C2 #B8CED8 #E0E9EE #EBF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B8CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#B8CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8CED8

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8CED8	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.028 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddde4',
    500: '#b8ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8ced8;
$custom-light: #cddde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83802,
    "c": 0.02761,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8CED8

secondary

#AF9286

accent

#5F3EA8

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFCFC

border

#D3D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#838484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8CED8

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

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