#B3CDEC#B3CDEC

#B3CDEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.052 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CDEC
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(213, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -2.01, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 18.28, 263.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0152 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.052 253)
XYZ	xyz(55.5579, 59.3007, 87.8596)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CDEC #ECD2B3

analogous

#B3EAEC #B3CDEC #B6B3EC

triadic

#B3CDEC #ECB3CD #CDECB3

tetradic

#B3CDEC #ECB3EA #ECD2B3 #B3ECB6

square

#B3CDEC #ECB3EA #ECD2B3 #B3ECB6

split-complementary

#B3CDEC #ECB6B3 #EAECB3

monochromatic

#518DD4 #82ADE0 #B3CDEC #E4EDF8 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B3CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#B3CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CDEC

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CDEC	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.052 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadcf2',
    500: '#b3cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cdec;
$custom-light: #cadcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.632,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83921,
    "c": 0.05185,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.59302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CDEC

secondary

#C9A57A

accent

#7A1EC8

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CDEC

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

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