#B3CAEC#B3CAEC

#B3CAEC is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.054 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CAEC
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 236)
HSL	hsl(216, 60%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -0.42, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 19.36, 268.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0112 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.054 258)
XYZ	xyz(54.8471, 57.8793, 87.6227)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CAEC #ECD5B3

analogous

#B3E7EC #B3CAEC #B9B3EC

triadic

#B3CAEC #ECB3CA #CAECB3

tetradic

#B3CAEC #ECB3E7 #ECD5B3 #B3ECB9

square

#B3CAEC #ECB3E7 #ECD5B3 #B3ECB9

split-complementary

#B3CAEC #ECB9B3 #E7ECB3

monochromatic

#5186D4 #82A8E0 #B3CAEC #E4ECF8 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B3CAEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#B3CAEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CAEC

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CAEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CAEC	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCBEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3caec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.054 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadaf2',
    500: '#b3caec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3caec;
$custom-light: #cadaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3caec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.789,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83305,
    "c": 0.05402,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.57881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CAEC

secondary

#C9A97A

accent

#831EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CAEC

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

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