#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
RGBrgb(179, 202, 248)
HSLhsl(220, 83%, 84%)
HSVhsv(220, 28%, 97%)
CMYKcmyk(27.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LABlab(81.07, 2.37, -25.15)
CIE-LCHlch(81.07, 25.27, 275.38°)
OKLaboklab(83.75% -0.0071 -0.0691)
OKLCHoklch(83.75% 0.069 264.1)
XYZxyz(56.6495, 58.6002, 97.1149)
Luminance0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##B3CAF81.001.6512.7212.72
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7221.001.001.00
##00000012.7221.001.001.00

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

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#B3CAF8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva