#B3CAEE#B3CAEE

#B3CAEE is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.057 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CAEE
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 238)
HSL	hsl(217, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 0.04, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 20.33, 270.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0105 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.057 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1393, 57.9961, 89.1615)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CAEE #EED7B3

analogous

#B3E8EE #B3CAEE #BAB3EE

triadic

#B3CAEE #EEB3CA #CAEEB3

tetradic

#B3CAEE #EEB3E8 #EED7B3 #B3EEBA

square

#B3CAEE #EEB3E8 #EED7B3 #B3EEBA

split-complementary

#B3CAEE #EEBAB3 #E8EEB3

monochromatic

#4F84D8 #81A7E3 #B3CAEE #E5EDF9 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B3CAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#B3CAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CAEE

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CAEE	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3D1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3caee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.057 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadaf3',
    500: '#b3caee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3caee;
$custom-light: #cadaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3caee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.61,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83377,
    "c": 0.05654,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CAEE

secondary

#CCAC7A

accent

#861ACB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CAEE

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

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