#B3BCDD#B3BCDD

#B3BCDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.048 H 273.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCDD
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(227, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, 3.73, -17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 17.92, 282.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0027 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.048 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6216, 50.7697, 75.5778)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCDD #DDD4B3

analogous

#B3D1DD #B3BCDD #BFB3DD

triadic

#B3BCDD #DDB3BC #BCDDB3

tetradic

#B3BCDD #DDB3D1 #DDD4B3 #B3DDBF

square

#B3BCDD #DDB3D1 #DDD4B3 #B3DDBF

split-complementary

#B3BCDD #DDBFB3 #D1DDB3

monochromatic

#5E71B7 #8997CA #B3BCDD #DDE1F0 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B3BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B3BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCDD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCDD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.048 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e7',
    500: '#b3bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcdd;
$custom-light: #cad0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79906,
    "c": 0.04778,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCDD

secondary

#B5AA7F

accent

#9634B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCDD

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

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