#B3CAEF#B3CAEF

#B3CAEF is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.058 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CAEF
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(217, 65%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(217, 25%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, 0.27, -20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 20.81, 270.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0102 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.058 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2867, 58.0551, 89.9374)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CAEF #EFD8B3

analogous

#B3E8EF #B3CAEF #BAB3EF

triadic

#B3CAEF #EFB3CA #CAEFB3

tetradic

#B3CAEF #EFB3E8 #EFD8B3 #B3EFBA

square

#B3CAEF #EFB3E8 #EFD8B3 #B3EFBA

split-complementary

#B3CAEF #EFBAB3 #E8EFB3

monochromatic

#4E83DA #80A7E4 #B3CAEF #E6EDFA #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B3CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#B3CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CAEF

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CAEF	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECCF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.058 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadaf4',
    500: '#b3caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3caef;
$custom-light: #cadaf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83414,
    "c": 0.05781,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CAEF

secondary

#CDAD79

accent

#8818CD

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CAEF

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

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