#b5e4ea

Color #b5e4ea

A moderately saturated very light cyan.

Closest named color Powder Blue #b0e0e6 · ΔE 1.52 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-100 #cefafe · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b5e4ea

RGB

rgb(181, 228, 234)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 55.8%, 81.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 22.6%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(22.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(87.61, -13.77, -7.9)

LCH

lch(87.61, 15.88, 209.84)

OKLCH

oklch(88.8%, 0.0492, 205.94)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 71%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eabbb5

Analogous

#b5ead6

#b5e4ea

#b5caea

Triadic

#b5e4ea

#eab5e4

#e4eab5

Split-complementary

#b5e4ea

#eab5ca

#ead6b5

Tetradic

#b5e4ea

#bbb5ea

#eabbb5

#e4eab5

Square

#b5e4ea

#d6b5ea

#eabbb5

#caeab5

Shades

Color #b5e4ea mixed toward black.

#7fd0db

#49bdcb

#2e95a2

#1f636c

#0f3236

Tints

Color #b5e4ea mixed toward white.

#c1e9ee

#ceedf1

#daf2f5

#e6f6f8

#f3fbfc

Tones

Color #b5e4ea mixed toward gray.

#bae1e6

#bedde1

#c2dadd

#c7d6d8

#cbd3d4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcce9 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#c8c5e8 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#b8e7e7 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 14.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b5e4ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b5e4ea]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#b5e4ea (#b5e4ea) is rgb(181, 228, 234) in RGB.

No, #b5e4ea is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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