#B3BAEB#B3BAEB

#B3BAEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.070 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BAEB
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 235)
HSL	hsl(233, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 7.98, -25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 26.40, 287.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0101 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.07 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1409, 50.6985, 85.6725)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BAEB #EBE4B3

analogous

#B3D6EB #B3BAEB #C8B3EB

triadic

#B3BAEB #EBB3BA #BAEBB3

tetradic

#B3BAEB #EBB3D6 #EBE4B3 #B3EBC8

square

#B3BAEB #EBB3D6 #EBE4B3 #B3EBC8

split-complementary

#B3BAEB #EBC8B3 #D6EBB3

monochromatic

#5262D1 #838EDE #B3BAEB #E3E6F8 #E7E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B3BAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BAEB

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BAEB	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADBFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3baeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.070 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacef1',
    500: '#b3baeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3baeb;
$custom-light: #cacef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3baeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80028,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BAEB

secondary

#C7BE7B

accent

#B120C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFAFE

border

#D3D3D6

text

#131316

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BAEB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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