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#b5dbcd color: Balmy Seas

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158°
100%

OKLCH

86%
0.044
171°
  • ≈ Light blue
  • Emerald
  • Very light
  • Muted
  • Pastel
  • Cool
  • mist-300
  • Black 14%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.50:1 · Below AALc -27
Black text13.98:1 · AALc 80

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About #b5dbcd

#b5dbcd is a pastel very light emerald color. In OKLCH it has 86% lightness, 0.044 chroma and a hue of 171°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.5:1 contrast and black text 13.98:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Balmy Seas (#b4dcd3). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is mist-300.

More very light emerald colors

Lighter: #b5dbcd mixed with white

  1. b5dbcd
  2. bcdfd2
  3. c4e2d7
  4. cbe6dc
  5. d3e9e1
  6. daede6
  7. e1f1eb
  8. e9f4f0
  9. f0f8f5
  10. f8fbfa

Darker: #b5dbcd mixed with black

  1. b5dbcd
  2. 9dbeb2
  3. 86a298
  4. 6f877e
  5. 596d66
  6. 44544e
  7. 303c38
  8. 1d2623
  9. 0c110f
  10. 020202

Calmer: #b5dbcd with less saturation

  1. b5dbcd
  2. b8dacd
  3. bbd9ce
  4. bed8ce
  5. c1d7cf
  6. c3d6cf
  7. c6d5cf
  8. c9d4d0
  9. ccd3d0
  10. ced2d0