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#B5CEC8

#b5cec8 ≈ Opal

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5cec8 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 80.78% green and 78.43% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 12.14% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.91% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 165.6°, with 20.33% saturation and 75.88% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.63:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Opal (#a8c3bc), ΔE 3.04.

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Relative luminance0.5814

Complementary

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #ceb5bb

Split complementary

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #ceb5c7
  3. #cebbb5

Analogous

  1. #b5cebb
  2. #b5cec8
  3. #b5c7ce

Triadic

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #c8b5ce
  3. #cec8b5

Tetradic

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #b5bbce
  3. #ceb5bb
  4. #cec8b5

Square

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #bbb5ce
  3. #ceb5bb
  4. #c7ceb5

Monochromatic

  1. #5d8d81
  2. #87b0a6
  3. #b5cec8
  4. #e3ecea
  5. #f3f7f6

Shades

#b5cec8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #a3b9b4
  3. #91a5a0
  4. #7f908c
  5. #6d7c78
  6. #5b6764
  7. #485250
  8. #363e3c
  9. #242928
  10. #121514
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5cec8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #bcd3ce
  3. #c4d8d3
  4. #cbddd9
  5. #d3e2de
  6. #dae7e4
  7. #e1ebe9
  8. #e9f0ef
  9. #f0f5f4
  10. #f8fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5cec8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5cec8
  2. #b0c6c1
  3. #aabeba
  4. #a5b7b2
  5. #a0afab
  6. #9ba7a4
  7. #959f9d
  8. #909796
  9. #8b908e
  10. #858887
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1cbc8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cccbc8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c7c7c8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #afcfcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3ccc8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0cac8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b2cfca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5cec8 {
  color: #b5cec8;
}
Background
.bg-b5cec8 {
  background-color: #b5cec8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5cec8 {
  border: 2px solid #b5cec8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5cec8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 206 200;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 20% 76%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5cec8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5cec8, #b5c7ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5cec8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 206 200 / 0.35);
}

#a8c3bc Opal ΔE 3.04 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 5.75 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 7.48 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 7.80 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 9.10 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 10.44 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.66 #4a3137 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Opal
#b5cec8  rgb(181, 206, 200)  hsl(166, 20%, 76%)  Opal
#ceb5bb  rgb(206, 181, 187)  hsl(346, 20%, 76%)  Silver Pink
#c8b5ce  rgb(200, 181, 206)  hsl(286, 20%, 76%)  Thistle
#cec8b5  rgb(206, 200, 181)  hsl(46, 20%, 76%)  Bone