#b5dfe4

Color #b5dfe4

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 1.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#b5dfe4

RGB

rgb(181, 223, 228)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 46.5%, 80.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 20.6%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(86.11, -12.52, -6.96)

LCH

lch(86.11, 14.32, 209.07)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.0442, 205.29)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 71%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e4bab5

Analogous

#b5e4d2

#b5dfe4

#b5c8e4

Triadic

#b5dfe4

#e4b5df

#dfe4b5

Split-complementary

#b5dfe4

#e4b5c8

#e4d2b5

Tetradic

#b5dfe4

#bab5e4

#e4bab5

#dfe4b5

Square

#b5dfe4

#d2b5e4

#e4bab5

#c8e4b5

Shades

Color #b5dfe4 mixed toward black.

#83c9d2

#51b4c0

#378c96

#245d64

#122f32

Tints

Color #b5dfe4 mixed toward white.

#c1e4e8

#ceeaed

#daeff1

#e6f4f6

#f3fafa

Tones

Color #b5dfe4 mixed toward gray.

#b9dce0

#bdd9dc

#c1d6d8

#c5d3d4

#c9d0d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c9c9e3 · ΔE 19.5

Deuteranopia

#c6c3e3 · ΔE 21.7

Tritanopia

#b7e2e2 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#d7d7d7 · ΔE 13.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #b5dfe4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5dfe4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b5dfe4 (#b5dfe4) is rgb(181, 223, 228) in RGB.

No, #b5dfe4 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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