#B3BAED#B3BAED

#B3BAED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.073 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BAED
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 237)
HSL	hsl(233, 62%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(233, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 8.45, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 27.47, 287.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% 0.0108 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.073 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4314, 50.8148, 87.2028)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BAED #EDE6B3

analogous

#B3D7ED #B3BAED #C9B3ED

triadic

#B3BAED #EDB3BA #BAEDB3

tetradic

#B3BAED #EDB3D7 #EDE6B3 #B3EDC9

square

#B3BAED #EDB3D7 #EDE6B3 #B3EDC9

split-complementary

#B3BAED #EDC9B3 #D7EDB3

monochromatic

#5060D6 #828DE1 #B3BAED #E4E7F9 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B3BAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B3BAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BAED

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BAED	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3baed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.073 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacef3',
    500: '#b3baed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3baed;
$custom-light: #cacef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3baed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.759,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80107,
    "c": 0.07258,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BAED

secondary

#CAC17A

accent

#B51CC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFAFE

border

#D3D3D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BAED

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

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