#B3C4E8#B3C4E8

#B3C4E8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.054 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C4E8
RGB	rgb(179, 196, 232)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(221, 23%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, 1.88, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 19.86, 275.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0045 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.054 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8920, 54.8884, 84.1361)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C4E8 #E8D7B3

analogous

#B3DEE8 #B3C4E8 #BCB3E8

triadic

#B3C4E8 #E8B3C4 #C4E8B3

tetradic

#B3C4E8 #E8B3DE #E8D7B3 #B3E8BC

square

#B3C4E8 #E8B3DE #E8D7B3 #B3E8BC

split-complementary

#B3C4E8 #E8BCB3 #DEE8B3

monochromatic

#557BCC #84A0DA #B3C4E8 #E2E8F6 #E8EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B3C4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#B3C4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C4E8

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C4E8	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C1E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6CBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 196, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.054 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad5ef',
    500: '#b3c4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c4e8;
$custom-light: #cad5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.755,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81932,
    "c": 0.05418,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C4E8

secondary

#C3AC7C

accent

#8F25C1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C4E8

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

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