#B3CDEB#B3CDEB

#B3CDEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.051 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CDEB
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 235)
HSL	hsl(212, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(212, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -2.24, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 17.82, 262.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0155 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.051 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.4130, 59.2428, 87.0966)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CDEB #EBD1B3

analogous

#B3E9EB #B3CDEB #B5B3EB

triadic

#B3CDEB #EBB3CD #CDEBB3

tetradic

#B3CDEB #EBB3E9 #EBD1B3 #B3EBB5

square

#B3CDEB #EBB3E9 #EBD1B3 #B3EBB5

split-complementary

#B3CDEB #EBB5B3 #E9EBB3

monochromatic

#528DD1 #83ADDE #B3CDEB #E3EDF8 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B3CDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#B3CDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CDEB

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CDEB	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.051 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadcf1',
    500: '#b3cdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cdeb;
$custom-light: #cadcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83886,
    "c": 0.05067,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CDEB

secondary

#C7A47B

accent

#7920C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CDEB

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

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