#B3BDCC#B3BDCC

#B3BDCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.024 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDCC
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(216, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(216, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -0.44, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 8.73, 267.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0048 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.024 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6846, 50.3379, 64.3190)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDCC #CCC2B3

analogous

#B3C9CC #B3BDCC #B5B3CC

triadic

#B3BDCC #CCB3BD #BDCCB3

tetradic

#B3BDCC #CCB3C9 #CCC2B3 #B3CCB5

square

#B3BDCC #CCB3C9 #CCC2B3 #B3CCB5

split-complementary

#B3BDCC #CCB5B3 #C9CCB3

monochromatic

#6A7D9B #8E9DB3 #B3BDCC #D8DDE5 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B3BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDCC

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDCC	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.024 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0db',
    500: '#b3bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdcc;
$custom-light: #c9d0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 19.685,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.02396,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDCC

secondary

#A19583

accent

#7B479E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDCC

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

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