#B3CAEB#B3CAEB

#B3CAEB is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.053 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CAEB
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(215, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 14%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -0.65, -18.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 18.88, 268.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0115 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.053 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7023, 57.8213, 86.8597)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CAEB #EBD4B3

analogous

#B3E6EB #B3CAEB #B8B3EB

triadic

#B3CAEB #EBB3CA #CAEBB3

tetradic

#B3CAEB #EBB3E6 #EBD4B3 #B3EBB8

square

#B3CAEB #EBB3E6 #EBD4B3 #B3EBB8

split-complementary

#B3CAEB #EBB8B3 #E6EBB3

monochromatic

#5286D1 #83A8DE #B3CAEB #E3ECF8 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B3CAEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#B3CAEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CAEB

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CAEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CAEB	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3caeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.053 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadaf1',
    500: '#b3caeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3caeb;
$custom-light: #cadaf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3caeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.357,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83268,
    "c": 0.05278,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CAEB

secondary

#C7A87B

accent

#8220C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CAEB

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

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