#B8E0D0Jade Sea (#B8E0D0) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 169°, lightness 0.87 and chroma 0.047. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #B8E0D0 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(184, 224, 208) |
| HSL | hsl(156, 39%, 80%) |
| HSV | hsv(156, 18%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(18%, 0%, 7%, 12%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86 -16.2 3.5) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.874 0.047 169) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Jade Sea 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 ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c3dbc2 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#c0e1cc — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#b8e0d0 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b8e1d3 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Jade Sea 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 1.44:1 and against black 14.61:1, 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.
#d6fced · #b8e0d0 · #88ab9d · #668579 · #456056 · #263e35
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.
#ccfcff · #b1f3e9 · #b8e0d0 · #a0d0ad · #9cb991 · #97a27a
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.
#b8e0d0 · #9cbbc6 · #6ea390 · #408398 · #376756 · #264650
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.
#b8e0d0 · #b6809a · #63746d · #3a584d · #1f3a30 · #0c1d17
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#b8e0d0 · #beb6b9 · #79847f · #514c4e · #17221e · #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.
#b8e0d0 · #90a39b · #324a41 · #122d24 · #000a05 · #e454a5
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#b8e0d0 · #90a39b · #324a41 · #122d24 · #000a05 · #f1ba4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#b8e0d0 · #c4b3bb · #9d7387 · #6c3c54 · #341124 · #000402
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b8e0d0 · #c4b3bb · #917698 · #713c3d · #2c1432 · #0a0001
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#b8e0d0 · #b8b6c6 · #7f7ba3 · #6e4026 · #361400 · #010007
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#b8e0d0 · #b0b9c7 · #6b82a5 · #6c3c54 · #2d1c00 · #040001
#C1E4D6 · #CAE8DC · #D3ECE2 · #DBF0E8 · #E4F4ED
#93B7A9 · #709084 · #4F6B60 · #30483F · #132720
#BFDED1 · #C5DCD2 · #CBD9D3
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.