#B3C8EA#B3C8EA

#B3C8EA is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.053 H 260.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C8EA
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 57%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(217, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 0.19, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 19.17, 270.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.0092 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.053 260)
XYZ	xyz(54.0920, 56.8312, 85.9455)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C8EA #EAD5B3

analogous

#B3E3EA #B3C8EA #B9B3EA

triadic

#B3C8EA #EAB3C8 #C8EAB3

tetradic

#B3C8EA #EAB3E3 #EAD5B3 #B3EAB9

square

#B3C8EA #EAB3E3 #EAD5B3 #B3EAB9

split-complementary

#B3C8EA #EAB9B3 #E3EAB3

monochromatic

#5383D0 #83A5DD #B3C8EA #E3EBF7 #E7EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B3C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#B3C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C8EA

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C8EA	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.053 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad8f0',
    500: '#b3c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c8ea;
$custom-light: #cad8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.091,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82822,
    "c": 0.05313,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.56833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C8EA

secondary

#C6A97B

accent

#8621C4

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C8EA

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

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