#B3BBDA#B3BBDA

#B3BBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.045 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBDA
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(228, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 3.61, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 16.84, 282.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0031 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.045 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0126, 50.1855, 73.4206)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBDA #DAD2B3

analogous

#B3CEDA #B3BBDA #BEB3DA

triadic

#B3BBDA #DAB3BB #BBDAB3

tetradic

#B3BBDA #DAB3CE #DAD2B3 #B3DABE

square

#B3BBDA #DAB3CE #DAD2B3 #B3DABE

split-complementary

#B3BBDA #DABEB3 #CEDAB3

monochromatic

#6171B2 #8A96C6 #B3BBDA #DCE0EE #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B3BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBDA

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBDA	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.045 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacfe5',
    500: '#b3bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbda;
$custom-light: #cacfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.692,
    "s": 34.513,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79595,
    "c": 0.04479,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBDA

secondary

#B1A780

accent

#9538AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBDA

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

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