#B3BEE2#B3BEE2

#B3BEE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.052 H 271.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEE2
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(226, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(226, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 3.76, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 19.57, 281.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0017 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.052 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.7279, 51.9005, 79.2819)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEE2 #E2D7B3

analogous

#B3D6E2 #B3BEE2 #C0B3E2

triadic

#B3BEE2 #E2B3BE #BEE2B3

tetradic

#B3BEE2 #E2B3D6 #E2D7B3 #B3E2C0

square

#B3BEE2 #E2B3D6 #E2D7B3 #B3E2C0

split-complementary

#B3BEE2 #E2C0B3 #D6E2B3

monochromatic

#5A72C0 #8798D1 #B3BEE2 #DFE4F3 #E9ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B3BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B3BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEE2

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEE2	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C1E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.052 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1eb',
    500: '#b3bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bee2;
$custom-light: #cad1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.957,
    "s": 44.762,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80493,
    "c": 0.05239,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEE2

secondary

#BBAD7E

accent

#982EB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEE2

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

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