#b5e7ed

Color #b5e7ed

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 2.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#b5e7ed

RGB

rgb(181, 231, 237)

HSL

hsl(186.4, 60.9%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.4, 23.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(23.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 7.1%)

LAB

lab(88.49, -14.63, -8.16)

LCH

lch(88.49, 16.75, 209.15)

OKLCH

oklch(89.5%, 0.0519, 205.33)

HWB

hwb(186.4, 71%, 7.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#edbbb5

Analogous

#b5edd7

#b5e7ed

#b5cbed

Triadic

#b5e7ed

#edb5e7

#e7edb5

Split-complementary

#b5e7ed

#edb5cb

#edd7b5

Tetradic

#b5e7ed

#bbb5ed

#edbbb5

#e7edb5

Square

#b5e7ed

#d7b5ed

#edbbb5

#cbedb5

Shades

Color #b5e7ed mixed toward black.

#7dd5df

#45c3d2

#299ba8

#1b6770

#0e3438

Tints

Color #b5e7ed mixed toward white.

#c1ebf0

#ceeff3

#daf3f6

#e6f7f9

#f3fbfc

Tones

Color #b5e7ed mixed toward gray.

#bae3e8

#bee0e4

#c3dcdf

#c8d8da

#ccd5d6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcdec · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#cac6eb · ΔE 23.6

Tritanopia

#b8eaea · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5e7ed;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5e7ed]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b5e7ed (#b5e7ed) is rgb(181, 231, 237) in RGB.

No, #b5e7ed 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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