#B0EAEB colour

#B0EAEB is a light muted cyan close to CSS paleturquoise. RGB 176, 234, 235, HSL 181, 60%, 81%. Black text passes AAA (15.81:1), white fails (1.33:1).

#B0EAEB

Nearest CSS name: paleturquoise #afeeee (not an exact match)
Described as: a light muted cyan
Red, green, blue: 176, 234, 235
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.7407 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#b0eaeb`
RGB	`rgb(176, 234, 235)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(69% 91.8% 92.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(181, 59.6%, 80.6%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(181, 25.1%, 92.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(181 69% 7.8%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(25%, 0%, 0%, 8%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(88.77% -18.87 -6.8)`
OKLCH	`oklch(89.8% 0.0587 197.48)`
Decimal	`11594475`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.33:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 15.81:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.33:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	15.81:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #B0EAEB (15.81:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#b7eced 18%#beeeef 27%#c6f0f0 36%#cdf2f2 45%#d4f4f4 55%#dbf5f6 64%#e2f7f8 73%#e9f9fa 82%#f1fbfb 91%#f8fdfd

9%#a0d5d6 18%#90bfc0 27%#80aaab 36%#709596 45%#608080 55%#506a6b 64%#405555 73%#304040 82%#202b2b 91%#101515

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#b0eaeb #ebb1b0

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#b0ebcf #b0eaeb #b0cdeb

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#b0eaeb #ebb0ea #eaebb0

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#b0eaeb #ebb0cd #ebcfb0

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#b0eaeb #cfb0eb #ebb1b0 #cdebb0

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#b0eaeb Protanopia#e2e4eb Deuteranopia#d7dcec Tritanopia#9ceeea Achromatopsia#dfdfdf

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #b0eaeb;`
Background	`background-color: #b0eaeb;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #b0eaeb;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(176 234 235 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #b0eaeb;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0eaeb, #6a8c8d);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #d0f2f3, #b0eaeb);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #b0eaeb; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Convert #B0EAEB to other formats · Build a palette from it · Check contrast · All named colours

Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.