#B3BBCD#B3BBCD

#B3BBCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.027 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBCD
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(222, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 0.84, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 10.03, 274.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0016 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.027 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3777, 49.5315, 64.8102)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBCD #CDC5B3

analogous

#B3C8CD #B3BBCD #B8B3CD

triadic

#B3BBCD #CDB3BB #BBCDB3

tetradic

#B3BBCD #CDB3C8 #CDC5B3 #B3CDB8

square

#B3BBCD #CDB3C8 #CDC5B3 #B3CDB8

split-complementary

#B3BBCD #CDB8B3 #C8CDB3

monochromatic

#69799C #8E9AB5 #B3BBCD #D8DCE5 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B3BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBCD

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBCD	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.027 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfdc',
    500: '#b3bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbcd;
$custom-light: #c9cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.027,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBCD

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#84469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBCD

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

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