#B3BCDF#B3BCDF

#B3BCDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.051 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BCDF
RGB	rgb(179, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(228, 41%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(228, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 4.17, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 18.98, 282.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.0034 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.051 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8896, 50.8769, 76.9895)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BCDF #DFD6B3

analogous

#B3D2DF #B3BCDF #C0B3DF

triadic

#B3BCDF #DFB3BC #BCDFB3

tetradic

#B3BCDF #DFB3D2 #DFD6B3 #B3DFC0

square

#B3BCDF #DFB3D2 #DFD6B3 #B3DFC0

split-complementary

#B3BCDF #DFC0B3 #D2DFB3

monochromatic

#5D70BB #8896CD #B3BCDF #DEE2F1 #E9ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B3BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B3BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BCDF

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BCDF	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.051 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e9',
    500: '#b3bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bcdf;
$custom-light: #cad0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79978,
    "c": 0.05056,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BCDF

secondary

#B8AC7F

accent

#9932B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BCDF

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

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