#B3CBDD#B3CBDD

#B3CBDD is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.036 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CBDD
RGB	rgb(179, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(206, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(206, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -4.28, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 12.39, 249.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0179 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.036 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9941, 57.5147, 76.7019)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CBDD #DDC5B3

analogous

#B3DDDA #B3CBDD #B3B6DD

triadic

#B3CBDD #DDB3CB #CBDDB3

tetradic

#B3CBDD #DAB3DD #DDC5B3 #B6DDB3

square

#B3CBDD #DAB3DD #DDC5B3 #B6DDB3

split-complementary

#B3CBDD #DDB3B6 #DDDAB3

monochromatic

#5E91B7 #89AECA #B3CBDD #DDE8F0 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#B3CBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#B3CBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CBDD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CBDD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.036 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadae7',
    500: '#b3cbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cbdd;
$custom-light: #cadae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8299,
    "c": 0.03627,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CBDD

secondary

#B5967F

accent

#6A34B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CBDD

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

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