#B3BBCE#B3BBCE

#B3BBCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.028 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBCE
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(222, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 1.05, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 10.55, 275.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0012 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.028 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4988, 49.5800, 65.4480)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBCE #CEC6B3

analogous

#B3C8CE #B3BBCE #B8B3CE

triadic

#B3BBCE #CEB3BB #BBCEB3

tetradic

#B3BBCE #CEB3C8 #CEC6B3 #B3CEB8

square

#B3BBCE #CEB3C8 #CEC6B3 #B3CEB8

split-complementary

#B3BBCE #CEB8B3 #C8CEB3

monochromatic

#69789E #8E9AB6 #B3BBCE #D8DCE6 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B3BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B3BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBCE

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBCE	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.028 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cfdd',
    500: '#b3bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbce;
$custom-light: #c9cfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 21.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7918,
    "c": 0.02834,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBCE

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#8545A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBCE

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

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