#B3BCDE#B3BCDE

#B3BCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.049 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCDE
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(227, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(227, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 3.95, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 18.45, 282.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.0031 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.049 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7552, 50.8231, 76.2815)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCDE #DED5B3

analogous

#B3D1DE #B3BCDE #BFB3DE

triadic

#B3BCDE #DEB3BC #BCDEB3

tetradic

#B3BCDE #DEB3D1 #DED5B3 #B3DEBF

square

#B3BCDE #DEB3D1 #DED5B3 #B3DEBF

split-complementary

#B3BCDE #DEBFB3 #D1DEB3

monochromatic

#5E71B9 #8896CB #B3BCDE #DEE2F1 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B3BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B3BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCDE

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCDE	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.049 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e8',
    500: '#b3bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcde;
$custom-light: #cad0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79942,
    "c": 0.04917,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCDE

secondary

#B6AB7F

accent

#9833B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCDE

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

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