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#B5E2EA

#b5e2ea ≈ Powder Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#b5e2ea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.98% red, 88.63% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 22.65% cyan, 3.42% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 189.06°, with 55.79% saturation and 81.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Powder Blue (#b0e0e6), ΔE 1.41.

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Relative luminance0.7016

Complementary

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #eabdb5

Split complementary

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #eab5c7
  3. #ead7b5

Analogous

  1. #b5ead7
  2. #b5e2ea
  3. #b5c7ea

Triadic

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #eab5e2
  3. #e2eab5

Tetradic

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #bdb5ea
  3. #eabdb5
  4. #e2eab5

Square

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #d7b5ea
  3. #eabdb5
  4. #c7eab5

Monochromatic

  1. #3eb3c8
  2. #79cbd9
  3. #b5e2ea
  4. #eff9fa
  5. #eff9fa

Shades

#b5e2ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #a3cbd3
  3. #91b5bb
  4. #7f9ea4
  5. #6d888c
  6. #5b7175
  7. #485a5e
  8. #364446
  9. #242d2f
  10. #121717
  11. #000000

Tints

#b5e2ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #bce5ec
  3. #c4e8ee
  4. #cbebf0
  5. #d3eef2
  6. #daf1f5
  7. #e1f3f7
  8. #e9f6f9
  9. #f0f9fb
  10. #f8fcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b5e2ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b5e2ea
  2. #b0d8df
  3. #aaced5
  4. #a5c5ca
  5. #a0bbc0
  6. #9bb1b5
  7. #95a7aa
  8. #909da0
  9. #8b9495
  10. #858a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dadada ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ccdde1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dadeeb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d1d7ea ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a5e6e4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cce0ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c6dcea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #abe5e7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b5e2ea {
  color: #b5e2ea;
}
Background
.bg-b5e2ea {
  background-color: #b5e2ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b5e2ea {
  border: 2px solid #b5e2ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b5e2ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 181 226 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 189 56% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b5e2ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b5e2ea, #b5c7ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b5e2ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(181 226 234 / 0.35);
}

#b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 1.41 #add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 3.50 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.50 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.81 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 6.59 #e0ffff Light Cyan ΔE 7.86 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 8.29 #4a1d15 Inverted #dadada Grayscale 

Powder Blue
#b5e2ea  rgb(181, 226, 234)  hsl(189, 56%, 81%)  Powder Blue
#eabdb5  rgb(234, 189, 181)  hsl(9, 56%, 81%)  Baby Pink
#eab5e2  rgb(234, 181, 226)  hsl(309, 56%, 81%)  Plum
#e2eab5  rgb(226, 234, 181)  hsl(69, 56%, 81%)  Pale Goldenrod