CYAN

Celeste

#B2FFFF

Conversions

HEX#B2FFFF

RGBrgb(178, 255, 255)

HSLhsl(180, 100%, 85%)

HSVhsv(180, 30%, 100%)

CMYKcmyk(30%, 0%, 0%, 0%)

Copy CSS

color: #b2ffff;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(178, 255, 255);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(180, 100%, 85%);

Contrast

On whiteFail · 1.13 : 1

On ink blackPass · 16.99 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Celeste

Celeste is the hex color #B2FFFF, which translates to rgb(178, 255, 255) in RGB and hsl(180, 100%, 85%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 180 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 85 percent. That puts Celeste at the pale end of the cyan range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Celeste compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is paleturquoise (#AFEEEE), a CIE76 distance of 6.5 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is cyan-200 (#A2F4FD), at a distance of 6.1. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Pale Turquoise at 6.5. Sorted by lightness, Celeste is number 18 of the 18 cyan colors here.

Text on Celeste

2 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Celeste, led by Ink black at 16.99:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Celeste already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Celeste. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	1.13:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	16.99:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Mid grey #6B7280	4.29:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Dark grey #374151	9.15:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Light grey #E5E7EB	1.10:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

Building a palette around Celeste

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Celeste for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Celeste

Format	Value
HEX	#B2FFFF
RGB	rgb(178, 255, 255)
HSL	hsl(180, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(180, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 0%, 0%)
OKLCH	oklch(95.02% 0.0752 195.96)
CIELAB	lab(95.25 -23.37 -7.54)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.