#B3BCDB#B3BCDB

#B3BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.045 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCDB
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(227, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 3.29, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 16.87, 281.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.002 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.045 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3567, 50.6637, 74.1828)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCDB #DBD2B3

analogous

#B3D0DB #B3BCDB #BEB3DB

triadic

#B3BCDB #DBB3BC #BCDBB3

tetradic

#B3BCDB #DBB3D0 #DBD2B3 #B3DBBE

square

#B3BCDB #DBB3D0 #DBD2B3 #B3DBBE

split-complementary

#B3BCDB #DBBEB3 #D0DBB3

monochromatic

#6073B4 #8997C7 #B3BCDB #DDE1EF #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B3BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCDB

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCDB	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.045 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e6',
    500: '#b3bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcdb;
$custom-light: #cad0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.5,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79834,
    "c": 0.04502,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCDB

secondary

#B3A780

accent

#9437AF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCDB

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

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