Cloud Blue color palette
Cloud Blue is a 5-color palette drawing on purples, teals and cyans, blues and neutrals. In OKLCH its lightness runs from 71% (#B099B6, medium-light) to 95% (#EFEDFF, very light), and its most saturated color, #84BFC9, is muted. 3 of its 4 chromatic colors sit on the cool side of the hue wheel. 0 of its 10 color pairs reach the WCAG AA ratio of 4.5:1 for body text. It is tagged pastel, cold, blue, light and calm.
- Cool Steel #B099B6
- Light Cornflower Blue #84BFC9
- Light Cornflower Blue #B4C7EE
- Light Sky Blue #BEDEF3
- Anti-Flash White #EFEDFF
Color codes
| Color | HEX | RGB | HSL | OKLCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cool Steel | #B099B6 | rgb(176, 153, 182) | hsl(288, 17%, 66%) | oklch(71.3% 0.049 319.2) |
| Light Cornflower Blue | #84BFC9 | rgb(132, 191, 201) | hsl(189, 39%, 65%) | oklch(76.8% 0.062 209.2) |
| Light Cornflower Blue | #B4C7EE | rgb(180, 199, 238) | hsl(220, 63%, 82%) | oklch(82.8% 0.059 264.7) |
| Light Sky Blue | #BEDEF3 | rgb(190, 222, 243) | hsl(204, 69%, 85%) | oklch(88.4% 0.045 236.8) |
| Anti-Flash White | #EFEDFF | rgb(239, 237, 255) | hsl(247, 100%, 96%) | oklch(95.3% 0.024 291) |
Accessibility
The best text and background pairs in Cloud Blue, by WCAG 2 contrast ratio, with the APCA lightness contrast (Lc) of the text on its background.
| Pair | WCAG 2 | Level | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|
| #EFEDFF on #B099B6 | 2.26:1 | Fail | Lc -45.3 |
| #BEDEF3 on #B099B6 | 1.85:1 | Fail | Lc -31.8 |
| #EFEDFF on #84BFC9 | 1.77:1 | Fail | Lc -33.6 |
Color vision
4 pairs of colors come within ΔE 0.06 of each other under at least one simulation.
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Achromatopsia
Use it in code
Install these colors as Tailwind CSS v4 theme colors with shadcn: npx shadcn@latest add https://getcolors.so/r/palette/b099b6-84bfc9-b4c7ee-bedef3-efedff.json.
Make it your own
Edit the colors, build a full light and dark color system from them, or see them on real UI.