#B3C8EB#B3C8EB

#B3C8EB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.054 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C8EB
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(218, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 14.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, 0.42, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 19.66, 271.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0089 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.054 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2360, 56.8889, 86.7042)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C8EB #EBD6B3

analogous

#B3E4EB #B3C8EB #BAB3EB

triadic

#B3C8EB #EBB3C8 #C8EBB3

tetradic

#B3C8EB #EBB3E4 #EBD6B3 #B3EBBA

square

#B3C8EB #EBB3E4 #EBD6B3 #B3EBBA

split-complementary

#B3C8EB #EBBAB3 #E4EBB3

monochromatic

#5282D1 #83A5DE #B3C8EB #E3EBF8 #E7EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B3C8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#B3C8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C8EB

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C8EB	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.054 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad8f1',
    500: '#b3c8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c8eb;
$custom-light: #cad8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82859,
    "c": 0.05442,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C8EB

secondary

#C7AB7B

accent

#8820C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C8EB

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

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