#B3BCDA#B3BCDA

#B3BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.044 H 272.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCDA
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(226, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(226, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 3.07, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 16.34, 280.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0017 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.044 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.2255, 50.6112, 73.4915)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCDA #DAD1B3

analogous

#B3CFDA #B3BCDA #BDB3DA

triadic

#B3BCDA #DAB3BC #BCDAB3

tetradic

#B3BCDA #DAB3CF #DAD1B3 #B3DABD

square

#B3BCDA #DAB3CF #DAD1B3 #B3DABD

split-complementary

#B3BCDA #DABDB3 #CFDAB3

monochromatic

#6173B2 #8A98C6 #B3BCDA #DCE0EE #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B3BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCDA

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCDA	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.044 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e5',
    500: '#b3bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcda;
$custom-light: #cad0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 34.513,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79798,
    "c": 0.04363,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCDA

secondary

#B1A680

accent

#9238AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCDA

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

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