#B3BDCD#B3BDCD

#B3BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.025 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDCD
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(217, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(217, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -0.24, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 9.22, 268.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0045 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.025 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8050, 50.3860, 64.9526)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDCD #CDC3B3

analogous

#B3CACD #B3BDCD #B6B3CD

triadic

#B3BDCD #CDB3BD #BDCDB3

tetradic

#B3BDCD #CDB3CA #CDC3B3 #B3CDB6

square

#B3BDCD #CDB3CA #CDC3B3 #B3CDB6

split-complementary

#B3BDCD #CDB6B3 #CACDB3

monochromatic

#697D9C #8E9DB5 #B3BDCD #D8DDE5 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B3BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDCD

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDCD	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.025 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0dc',
    500: '#b3bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdcd;
$custom-light: #c9d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 20.635,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79558,
    "c": 0.02523,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDCD

secondary

#A29682

accent

#7D469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDCD

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

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