#B3CAF8#B3CAF8

#B3CAF8 is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.069 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CAF8
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 248)
HSL	hsl(220, 83%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(220, 28%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 2.37, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 25.27, 275.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0071 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.069 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.6495, 58.6002, 97.1149)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CAF8 #F8E1B3

analogous

#B3ECF8 #B3CAF8 #BEB3F8

triadic

#B3CAF8 #F8B3CA #CAF8B3

tetradic

#B3CAF8 #F8B3EC #F8E1B3 #B3F8BE

square

#B3CAF8 #F8B3EC #F8E1B3 #B3F8BE

split-complementary

#B3CAF8 #F8BEB3 #ECF8B3

monochromatic

#437CEE #7BA3F3 #B3CAF8 #E3EBFC #E3EBFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B3CAF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#B3CAF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CAF8

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CAF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CAF8	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCDFA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C7F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0D3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3caf8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.069 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdafa',
    500: '#b3caf8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3caf8;
$custom-light: #cbdafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3caf8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 83.133,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8375,
    "c": 0.06946,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CAF8

secondary

#DAB975

accent

#9706E0

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CAF8

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

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