#B3C8FF#B3C8FF

#B3C8FF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.081 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C8FF
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 255)
HSL	hsl(223, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(223, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, 5.12, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 29.74, 279.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0023 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.081 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2896, 58.1103, 102.7863)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C8FF #FFEAB3

analogous

#B3EEFF #B3C8FF #C4B3FF

triadic

#B3C8FF #FFB3C8 #C8FFB3

tetradic

#B3C8FF #FFB3EE #FFEAB3 #B3FFC4

square

#B3C8FF #FFB3EE #FFEAB3 #B3FFC4

split-complementary

#B3C8FF #FFC4B3 #EEFFB3

monochromatic

#396FFF #769CFF #B3C8FF #E0E9FF #E0E9FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#B3C8FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#B3C8FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C8FF

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C8FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C8FF	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7CCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C6FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED3DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c8ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.081 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd8ff',
    500: '#b3c8ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c8ff;
$custom-light: #cbd8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c8ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.421,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83619,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C8FF

secondary

#E6C570

accent

#A600E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#838386

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C8FF

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

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