#B3BFDF#B3BFDF

#B3BFDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.047 H 269.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BFDF
RGB	rgb(179, 191, 223)
HSL	hsl(224, 41%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(224, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 14.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, 2.55, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 17.52, 278.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0007 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.047 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5372, 52.1720, 77.2053)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BFDF #DFD3B3

analogous

#B3D5DF #B3BFDF #BDB3DF

triadic

#B3BFDF #DFB3BF #BFDFB3

tetradic

#B3BFDF #DFB3D5 #DFD3B3 #B3DFBD

square

#B3BFDF #DFB3D5 #DFD3B3 #B3DFBD

split-complementary

#B3BFDF #DFBDB3 #D5DFB3

monochromatic

#5D76BB #889BCD #B3BFDF #DEE3F1 #E9EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B3BFDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B3BFDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BFDF

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BFDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BFDF	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3bfdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 191, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.047 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad2e9',
    500: '#b3bfdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3bfdf;
$custom-light: #cad2e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3bfdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80588,
    "c": 0.04719,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BFDF

secondary

#B8A87F

accent

#9032B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BFDF

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

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