#B3BBDD#B3BBDD

#B3BBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.049 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBDD
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(229, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 4.27, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 18.43, 283.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0041 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.049 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4087, 50.3439, 75.5068)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBDD #DDD5B3

analogous

#B3D0DD #B3BBDD #C0B3DD

triadic

#B3BBDD #DDB3BB #BBDDB3

tetradic

#B3BBDD #DDB3D0 #DDD5B3 #B3DDC0

square

#B3BBDD #DDB3D0 #DDD5B3 #B3DDC0

split-complementary

#B3BBDD #DDC0B3 #D0DDB3

monochromatic

#5E6FB7 #8995CA #B3BBDD #DDE1F0 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B3BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBDD

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBDD	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.049 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacfe7',
    500: '#b3bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbdd;
$custom-light: #cacfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79703,
    "c": 0.04895,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBDD

secondary

#B5AB7F

accent

#9934B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBDD

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

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