Information about #B5DBDE color

#B5DBDE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#B5DBDE falls into the Cyan Color Family — Mild Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(181, 219, 222) — 71% red, 85.9% green, 87.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 16 / 1 / 0 / 13. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #B5DBDE reads as a softly balanced water-like cyan and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Half Escape (#BADAE5). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Pale Light Grayish Cerulean (#B8DCE7) and Dreamer’s Sky (#ADDED9).

In RGB terms — rgb(181, 219, 222) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #B5DBDE: 14.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.5:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #B5DBDE is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#B5DBDE color variations

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

#B5DBDE color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#B5DBDE color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#B5DBDE color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#B5DBDE 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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#B5DBDE 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 #B5DBDE

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

Half Escape color link
Half Escape

#BADAE5

Pale Light Grayish Cerulean color link
Pale Light Grayish Cerulean

#B8DCE7

Dreamer’s Sky color link
Dreamer’s Sky

#ADDED9

Powder Blue color link
Powder Blue

#B0E0E6

Altitude color link
Altitude

#BCD4E2

Light Blue color link
Light Blue

#ADD8E6

Reservoir color link
Reservoir

#BFE2DC

Pale Light Grayish Turquoise color link
Pale Light Grayish Turquoise

#B8E7DC

Beau Blue color link
Beau Blue

#BCD4E6

Ice Cold color link
Ice Cold

#AFE3D6

Columbia Blue color link
Columbia Blue

#B9D9EB

Crystal color link
Crystal

#A7D8DE

#B5DBDE color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#B5DBDE
  • RGB181, 219, 222
  • CMYK16, 1, 0, 13
  • CSSrgb(181, 219, 222)
  • HSL184°, 38%, 79%
  • HSL Precise184.39°, 38.318%, 79.02%
  • HSV184°, 18%, 87%
  • HSB184°, 18%, 87%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.710
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.859
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.871
  • GLSLvec3(0.710, 0.859, 0.871)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.710, 0.859, 0.871, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.710, 0.859, 0.871)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB71%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB85.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB87.1%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDB5DBDE
  • DECIMAL ID11918302
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers22 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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