#B3BFDD#B3BFDD

#B3BFDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.044 H 268.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFDD
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(223, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 13.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 2.11, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 16.49, 277.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0014 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.044 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2691, 52.0648, 75.7936)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFDD #DDD1B3

analogous

#B3D4DD #B3BFDD #BCB3DD

triadic

#B3BFDD #DDB3BF #BFDDB3

tetradic

#B3BFDD #DDB3D4 #DDD1B3 #B3DDBC

square

#B3BFDD #DDB3D4 #DDD1B3 #B3DDBC

split-complementary

#B3BFDD #DDBCB3 #D4DDB3

monochromatic

#5E78B7 #899BCA #B3BFDD #DDE3F0 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B3BFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#B3BFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFDD

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFDD	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BDDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.044 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad2e7',
    500: '#b3bfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfdd;
$custom-light: #cad2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80516,
    "c": 0.04448,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFDD

secondary

#B5A67F

accent

#8D34B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFDD

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

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