#B3BBC8#B3BBC8

#B3BBC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.020 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBC8
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(217, 16%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(217, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -0.19, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 7.50, 268.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0035 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.02 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7838, 49.2940, 61.6823)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBC8 #C8C0B3

analogous

#B3C6C8 #B3BBC8 #B6B3C8

triadic

#B3BBC8 #C8B3BB #BBC8B3

tetradic

#B3BBC8 #C8B3C6 #C8C0B3 #B3C8B6

square

#B3BBC8 #C8B3C6 #C8C0B3 #B3C8B6

split-complementary

#B3BBC8 #C8B6B3 #C6C8B3

monochromatic

#6C7B95 #8F9BAE #B3BBC8 #D7DBE2 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B3BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBC8

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBC8	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.020 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfd8',
    500: '#b3bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbc8;
$custom-light: #c9cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 16.031,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78982,
    "c": 0.02045,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBC8

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#7C4B9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBC8

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

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