#B3CBDA#B3CBDA

#B3CBDA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.033 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CBDA
RGB	rgb(179, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(203, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(203, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -4.93, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 11.29, 244.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.019 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.033 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5980, 57.3562, 74.6157)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CBDA #DAC2B3

analogous

#B3DAD5 #B3CBDA #B3B7DA

triadic

#B3CBDA #DAB3CB #CBDAB3

tetradic

#B3CBDA #D5B3DA #DAC2B3 #B7DAB3

square

#B3CBDA #D5B3DA #DAC2B3 #B7DAB3

split-complementary

#B3CBDA #DAB3B7 #DAD5B3

monochromatic

#6193B2 #8AAFC6 #B3CBDA #DCE7EE #EAF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B3CBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#B3CBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CBDA

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CBDA	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.033 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadae5',
    500: '#b3cbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cbda;
$custom-light: #cadae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 34.513,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82891,
    "c": 0.03345,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CBDA

secondary

#B19380

accent

#6538AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CBDA

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

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