#B3BFDB#B3BFDB

#B3BFDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.042 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFDB
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(222, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(222, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 1.67, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 15.46, 276.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0022 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.042 267)
XYZ	xyz(50.0043, 51.9588, 74.3986)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFDB #DBCFB3

analogous

#B3D3DB #B3BFDB #BBB3DB

triadic

#B3BFDB #DBB3BF #BFDBB3

tetradic

#B3BFDB #DBB3D3 #DBCFB3 #B3DBBB

square

#B3BFDB #DBB3D3 #DBCFB3 #B3DBBB

split-complementary

#B3BFDB #DBBBB3 #D3DBB3

monochromatic

#6079B4 #899CC7 #B3BFDB #DDE2EF #EAEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B3BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#B3BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFDB

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFDB	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.042 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad2e6',
    500: '#b3bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfdb;
$custom-light: #cad2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80446,
    "c": 0.04179,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.5196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFDB

secondary

#B3A380

accent

#8B37AF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFDB

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

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