#B3BEDE#B3BEDE

#B3BEDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.047 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEDE
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 222)
HSL	hsl(225, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(225, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 2.87, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 17.48, 279.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% 0.0003 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.047 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1854, 51.6835, 76.4249)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEDE #DED3B3

analogous

#B3D3DE #B3BEDE #BDB3DE

triadic

#B3BEDE #DEB3BE #BEDEB3

tetradic

#B3BEDE #DEB3D3 #DED3B3 #B3DEBD

square

#B3BEDE #DEB3D3 #DED3B3 #B3DEBD

split-complementary

#B3BEDE #DEBDB3 #D3DEB3

monochromatic

#5E75B9 #889ACB #B3BEDE #DEE2F1 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B3BEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#B3BEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEDE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEDE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.047 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1e8',
    500: '#b3bede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bede;
$custom-light: #cad1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.651,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.0469,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEDE

secondary

#B6A87F

accent

#9233B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEDE

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

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