Information about #B5C0CE color

#B5C0CE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5C0CE falls into the Azure Color Family — Low Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 192, 206) — 71% red, 75.3% green, 80.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 10 / 5 / 0 / 19. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#B5C0CE is a calm, restrained steel-blue azure that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Alaska (#B2B9CD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pastel Blue (#AEC6CF) and Metallic Silver (#BCC6CC).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 192, 206) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B5C0CE: 11.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B5C0CE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B5C0CE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#B5C0CE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B5C0CE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B5C0CE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B5C0CE color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#B5C0CE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #B5C0CE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Alaska color link
Alaska

#B2B9CD

Pastel Blue color link
Pastel Blue

#AEC6CF

Metallic Silver color link
Metallic Silver

#BCC6CC

Serendipity color link
Serendipity

#B1B9D3

Blue Haze color link
Blue Haze

#BDBACE

Spindle color link
Spindle

#B3C4D8

Oxygen color link
Oxygen

#BBC6D5

Quarter Powder Blue color link
Quarter Powder Blue

#BEC6C8

Pigeon Post color link
Pigeon Post

#AFBDD9

Lavender Grey color link
Lavender Grey

#BDBBD7

Ghost color link
Ghost

#C0BFC7

Poet color link
Poet

#C0BCD4

#B5C0CE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5C0CE
  • RGB181, 192, 206
  • CMYK10, 5, 0, 19
  • CSSrgb(181, 192, 206)
  • HSL214°, 20%, 76%
  • HSL Precise213.6°, 20.325%, 75.882%
  • HSV214°, 12%, 81%
  • HSB214°, 12%, 81%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.753
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.808
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.753, 0.808)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.753, 0.808, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.753, 0.808)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB75.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB80.8%
  • Color FamilyAzure
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB5C0CE
  • DECIMAL ID11911374
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers308 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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