#B3BDCB#B3BDCB

#B3BDCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.023 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDCB
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(215, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(215, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -0.65, -8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 8.24, 265.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0052 -0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.023 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5651, 50.2901, 63.6893)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDCB #CBC1B3

analogous

#B3C9CB #B3BDCB #B5B3CB

triadic

#B3BDCB #CBB3BD #BDCBB3

tetradic

#B3BDCB #CBB3C9 #CBC1B3 #B3CBB5

square

#B3BDCB #CBB3C9 #CBC1B3 #B3CBB5

split-complementary

#B3BDCB #CBB5B3 #C9CBB3

monochromatic

#6A7E99 #8F9DB2 #B3BDCB #D7DDE4 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B3BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDCB

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDCB	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.023 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0da',
    500: '#b3bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdcb;
$custom-light: #c9d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79493,
    "c": 0.02273,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDCB

secondary

#A09483

accent

#7A489D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDCB

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

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