#B3CAED#B3CAED

#B3CAED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.055 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CAED
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 62%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(216, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -0.19, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 19.84, 269.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0108 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.055 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9928, 57.9375, 88.3900)
Luminance	0.5794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CAED #EDD6B3

analogous

#B3E7ED #B3CAED #B9B3ED

triadic

#B3CAED #EDB3CA #CAEDB3

tetradic

#B3CAED #EDB3E7 #EDD6B3 #B3EDB9

square

#B3CAED #EDB3E7 #EDD6B3 #B3EDB9

split-complementary

#B3CAED #EDB9B3 #E7EDB3

monochromatic

#5085D6 #82A7E1 #B3CAED #E4EDF9 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B3CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#B3CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CAED

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CAED	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.055 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadaf2',
    500: '#b3caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3caed;
$custom-light: #cadaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83341,
    "c": 0.05529,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CAED

secondary

#CAAA7A

accent

#851CC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CAED

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

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