#B3BBDE#B3BBDE

#B3BBDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.050 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BBDE
RGB	rgb(179, 187, 222)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, 4.49, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 18.96, 283.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.0045 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.05 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5423, 50.3974, 76.2106)
Luminance	0.5040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BBDE #DED6B3

analogous

#B3D0DE #B3BBDE #C0B3DE

triadic

#B3BBDE #DEB3BB #BBDEB3

tetradic

#B3BBDE #DEB3D0 #DED6B3 #B3DEC0

square

#B3BBDE #DEB3D0 #DED6B3 #B3DEC0

split-complementary

#B3BBDE #DEC0B3 #D0DEB3

monochromatic

#5E6FB9 #8895CB #B3BBDE #DEE1F1 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B3BBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BBDE

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BBDE	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 187, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.050 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacfe8',
    500: '#b3bbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bbde;
$custom-light: #cacfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.837,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.05035,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BBDE

secondary

#B6AC7F

accent

#9B33B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BBDE

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

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