#B3BAEF#B3BAEF

#B3BAEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.075 H 278.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BAEF
RGB	rgb(179, 186, 239)
HSL	hsl(233, 65%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(233, 25%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 22.2%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 8.92, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 28.53, 288.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0114 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.075 278.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7253, 50.9323, 88.7503)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BAEF #EFE8B3

analogous

#B3D8EF #B3BAEF #CAB3EF

triadic

#B3BAEF #EFB3BA #BAEFB3

tetradic

#B3BAEF #EFB3D8 #EFE8B3 #B3EFCA

square

#B3BAEF #EFB3D8 #EFE8B3 #B3EFCA

split-complementary

#B3BAEF #EFCAB3 #D8EFB3

monochromatic

#4E5EDA #808CE4 #B3BAEF #E6E8FA #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B3BAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B3BAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BAEF

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BAEF	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABBFF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3baef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 186, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.075 278.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacef4',
    500: '#b3baef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3baef;
$custom-light: #cacef4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3baef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80186,
    "c": 0.07538,
    "h": 278.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BAEF

secondary

#CDC379

accent

#B818CD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFAFE

border

#D3D3D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BAEF

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

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