#B3BBDB#B3BBDB

#B3BBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.046 H 274.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBDB
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(228, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, 3.83, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 17.37, 282.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0034 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.046 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1438, 50.2380, 74.1118)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBDB #DBD3B3

analogous

#B3CFDB #B3BBDB #BFB3DB

triadic

#B3BBDB #DBB3BB #BBDBB3

tetradic

#B3BBDB #DBB3CF #DBD3B3 #B3DBBF

square

#B3BBDB #DBB3CF #DBD3B3 #B3DBBF

split-complementary

#B3BBDB #DBBFB3 #CFDBB3

monochromatic

#6071B4 #8996C7 #B3BBDB #DDE0EF #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B3BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBDB

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBDB	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.046 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacfe6',
    500: '#b3bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbdb;
$custom-light: #cacfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.04618,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBDB

secondary

#B3A880

accent

#9737AF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBDB

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

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