HEX atlas value

#B8E8E0

#B8E8E0 is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Pastel Aqua. RGB 184, 232, 224, HSL 170° 51% 82%, luminance 0.7329; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool balanced

#B8E8E0 Sample readable text

HEX #B8E8E0

RGB rgb(184, 232, 224)

HSL hsl(170 51% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(21, 0, 3, 9)

Luminance 0.7329

Contrast Black 15.66:1White 1.34:1

CSS

--color-b8e8e0: #B8E8E0;
.background-b8e8e0 { background-color: #B8E8E0; }
.text-b8e8e0 { color: #B8E8E0; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B8E8E0

#B8E8E0 is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #B8E8E0 is visually closest to Pastel Aqua, a named cyan color with HEX #B8E8E0.

The RGB channels are 184, 232, and 224, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 170deg with 51% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.7329, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.66:1AA Pass

White text1.34:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B8E8E0 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.66:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.34:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #B0F3E7#B0F3E7 · #000000 text · best 16.82:1 Pale Turquoise#AFEEEE · #000000 text · best 16.29:1 #BAE9C9#BAE9C9 · #000000 text · best 15.59:1 #C4DEDA#C4DEDA · #000000 text · best 14.81:1

Generated Palette

Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0

#E9BAC1#E9BAC1

#BAE9C9#BAE9C9

#BAD9E9#BAD9E9

White#FFFFFF

#74D2C2#74D2C2

Color Harmonies

#E9BAC1#E9BAC1

#BAE9C9#BAE9C9

#BAD9E9#BAD9E9

#E1BAE9#E1BAE9

#E9E1BA#E9E1BA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#74D2C2#74D2C2

#B0F3E7#B0F3E7

#C4DEDA#C4DEDA

White#FFFFFF

#CCFFF6#CCFFF6

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Aqua#B8E8E0

Powder Blue#B0E0E6

Powder Sky#B7D9E8

Pale Turquoise#AFEEEE

Light Blue#ADD8E6

Luminance0.7329

Black text15.66:1AA Pass

White text1.34:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B8E8E0","rgb":[184,232,224],"hsl":[170,51,82],"cmyk":[21,0,3,9],"luminance":0.7329,"contrast":{"black":15.66,"white":1.34}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.66,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.34,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B0F3E7","hex":"#B0F3E7","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.82,"contrastWhite":1.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pale Turquoise","hex":"#AFEEEE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.29,"contrastWhite":1.29,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#BAE9C9","hex":"#BAE9C9","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.59,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C4DEDA","hex":"#C4DEDA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.81,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Pastel Aqua adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b8e8e0.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-aqua.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-sky.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E9BAC1","analogous":["#BAE9C9","#BAD9E9"],"triadic":["#E1BAE9","#E9E1BA"],"tetradic":["#C9BAE9","#E9BAC1","#D9E9BA"],"splitComplementary":["#E9BAD9","#E9C9BA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#B8E8E0","#74D2C2"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#74D2C2","saturated":"#B0F3E7","desaturated":"#C4DEDA","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#CCFFF6"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-aqua","name":"Pastel Aqua","hex":"#B8E8E0","distance":0},{"slug":"powder-blue","name":"Powder Blue","hex":"#B0E0E6","distance":12.806248474865697},{"slug":"powder-sky","name":"Powder Sky","hex":"#B7D9E8","distance":17.029386365926403},{"slug":"pale-turquoise","name":"Pale Turquoise","hex":"#AFEEEE","distance":17.69180601295413},{"slug":"light-blue","name":"Light Blue","hex":"#ADD8E6","distance":20.322401432901575}]

#B8E8E0

CSS

About #B8E8E0

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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