#B3C8CA#B3C8CA

#B3C8CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.023 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C8CA
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(185, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -6.68, -3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 7.50, 207.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0211 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.023 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9028, 55.1556, 63.8826)
Luminance	0.5516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C8CA #CAB5B3

analogous

#B3CAC1 #B3C8CA #B3BDCA

triadic

#B3C8CA #CAB3C8 #C8CAB3

tetradic

#B3C8CA #C1B3CA #CAB5B3 #BDCAB3

square

#B3C8CA #C1B3CA #CAB5B3 #BDCAB3

split-complementary

#B3C8CA #CAB3BD #CAC1B3

monochromatic

#6B9498 #8FAEB1 #B3C8CA #D7E2E3 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B3C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#B3C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C8CA

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C8CA	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.023 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad8da',
    500: '#b3c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c8ca;
$custom-light: #cad8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 17.829,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81756,
    "c": 0.02299,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C8CA

secondary

#9E8583

accent

#51499C

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C8CA

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

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