#CAF0E5Caribbean (#CAF0E5) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 176°, lightness 0.93 and chroma 0.042. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #CAF0E5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 240, 229) |
| HSL | hsl(163, 56%, 87%) |
| HSV | hsv(163, 16%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(16%, 0%, 5%, 6%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(91.9 -14.4 1.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.925 0.042 176) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Caribbean shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#d6ead6 — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#d3f1e0 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#caf0e5 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#caf1e8 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Caribbean in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.23:1 and against black 17.11:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#caf0e5 · #afd2c8 · #8baaa1 · #68847c · #475f58 · #283d37
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#caf0e5 · #aae2c3 · #a5cba4 · #a0b589 · #9a9e72 · #92885f
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#caf0e5 · #8eabb9 · #5c9586 · #35738c · #24594d · #1b3845
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#caf0e5 · #b4c8c2 · #b57d91 · #46675e · #2b4840 · #172925
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#caf0e5 · #cfc6c9 · #84908c · #595355 · #192522 · #020101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#caf0e5 · #8fa29c · #314841 · #122b24 · #000805 · #e55094
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#caf0e5 · #8fa29c · #314841 · #122b24 · #000805 · #f0bb4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#caf0e5 · #d6c3c9 · #ab7e8e · #754256 · #391323 · #000302
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#caf0e5 · #d6c3c9 · #a080a0 · #79433e · #321633 · #050000
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#caf0e5 · #cac6d6 · #8f85ad · #744929 · #391900 · #010006
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#caf0e5 · #c2c9d8 · #7b8cb2 · #754256 · #2e2000 · #040001
#D0F1E8 · #D6F3EA · #DCF4ED · #E2F5EF · #E8F7F2
#A2C4BA · #7C9A91 · #57726A · #354C46 · #162924
#D0EEE5 · #D6ECE5 · #DCEAE6
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.