#B3BDEE#B3BDEE

#B3BDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.070 H 275.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDEE
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(230, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(230, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, 7.05, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 26.40, 285.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% 0.007 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.07 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2166, 52.1507, 88.1873)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDEE #EEE4B3

analogous

#B3DBEE #B3BDEE #C7B3EE

triadic

#B3BDEE #EEB3BD #BDEEB3

tetradic

#B3BDEE #EEB3DB #EEE4B3 #B3EEC7

square

#B3BDEE #EEB3DB #EEE4B3 #B3EEC7

split-complementary

#B3BDEE #EEC7B3 #DBEEB3

monochromatic

#4F66D8 #8192E3 #B3BDEE #E5E8F9 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B3BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B3BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDEE

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDEE	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.070 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0f3',
    500: '#b3bdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdee;
$custom-light: #cad0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.831,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80745,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDEE

secondary

#CCBE7A

accent

#AD1ACB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDEE

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

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