#B3BDCA#B3BDCA

#B3BDCA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.021 H 254.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDCA
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(214, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(214, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -0.86, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 7.76, 263.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0056 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.022 254.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4463, 50.2425, 63.0638)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDCA #CAC0B3

analogous

#B3C9CA #B3BDCA #B5B3CA

triadic

#B3BDCA #CAB3BD #BDCAB3

tetradic

#B3BDCA #CAB3C9 #CAC0B3 #B3CAB5

square

#B3BDCA #CAB3C9 #CAC0B3 #B3CAB5

split-complementary

#B3BDCA #CAB5B3 #C9CAB3

monochromatic

#6B7E98 #8F9EB1 #B3BDCA #D7DCE3 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B3BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDCA

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDCA	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.021 254.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0da',
    500: '#b3bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdca;
$custom-light: #c9d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 17.829,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79461,
    "c": 0.0215,
    "h": 254.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDCA

secondary

#9E9283

accent

#78499C

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDCA

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

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