#B3BDFF#B3BDFF

#B3BDFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.094 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BDFF
RGB	rgb(179, 189, 255)
HSL	hsl(232, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(232, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, 11.10, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 35.40, 288.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0121 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.094 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8331, 53.1973, 101.9674)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BDFF #FFF5B3

analogous

#B3E3FF #B3BDFF #CFB3FF

triadic

#B3BDFF #FFB3BD #BDFFB3

tetradic

#B3BDFF #FFB3E3 #FFF5B3 #B3FFCF

square

#B3BDFF #FFB3E3 #FFF5B3 #B3FFCF

split-complementary

#B3BDFF #FFCFB3 #E3FFB3

monochromatic

#3953FF #7688FF #B3BDFF #E0E4FF #E0E4FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B3BDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#B3BDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BDFF

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BDFF	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAC4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5BEFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 189, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.094 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0ff',
    500: '#b3bdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bdff;
$custom-light: #cbd0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.105,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81432,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BDFF

secondary

#E6D670

accent

#C700E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BDFF

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

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