#B3BEEB#B3BEEB

#B3BEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.065 H 274.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BEEB
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(228, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(228, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 5.81, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 24.30, 283.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0047 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.065 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9954, 52.4075, 85.9574)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BEEB #EBE0B3

analogous

#B3DAEB #B3BEEB #C4B3EB

triadic

#B3BEEB #EBB3BE #BEEBB3

tetradic

#B3BEEB #EBB3DA #EBE0B3 #B3EBC4

square

#B3BEEB #EBB3DA #EBE0B3 #B3EBC4

split-complementary

#B3BEEB #EBC4B3 #DAEBB3

monochromatic

#526BD1 #8395DE #B3BEEB #E3E7F8 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B3BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#B3BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BEEB

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BEEB	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.065 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1f1',
    500: '#b3beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3beeb;
$custom-light: #cad1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.214,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8083,
    "c": 0.06482,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BEEB

secondary

#C7B87B

accent

#A520C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BEEB

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

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