#B3BFDA#B3BFDA

#B3BFDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.040 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFDA
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 218)
HSL	hsl(222, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(222, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 12.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, 1.45, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 14.95, 275.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0025 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.04 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8730, 51.9063, 73.7074)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFDA #DACEB3

analogous

#B3D2DA #B3BFDA #BAB3DA

triadic

#B3BFDA #DAB3BF #BFDAB3

tetradic

#B3BFDA #DAB3D2 #DACEB3 #B3DABA

square

#B3BFDA #DAB3D2 #DACEB3 #B3DABA

split-complementary

#B3BFDA #DABAB3 #D2DAB3

monochromatic

#617AB2 #8A9CC6 #B3BFDA #DCE2EE #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B3BFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#B3BFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFDA

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFDA	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)

#B7C1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.040 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad2e5',
    500: '#b3bfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfda;
$custom-light: #cad2e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 34.513,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80411,
    "c": 0.04045,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFDA

secondary

#B1A280

accent

#8938AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFDA

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

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