#B3CDFF#B3CDFF

#B3CDFF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.076 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CDFF
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(219, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(219, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, 2.43, -27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 27.43, 275.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0088 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.076 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4666, 60.4642, 103.1786)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CDFF #FFE5B3

analogous

#B3F3FF #B3CDFF #BFB3FF

triadic

#B3CDFF #FFB3CD #CDFFB3

tetradic

#B3CDFF #FFB3F3 #FFE5B3 #B3FFBF

square

#B3CDFF #FFB3F3 #FFE5B3 #B3FFBF

split-complementary

#B3CDFF #FFBFB3 #F3FFB3

monochromatic

#397CFF #76A5FF #B3CDFF #E0EBFF #E0EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#B3CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#B3CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CDFF

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CDFF	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDD0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C9FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ED7DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.076 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcff',
    500: '#b3cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cdff;
$custom-light: #cbdcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.474,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84627,
    "c": 0.07573,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CDFF

secondary

#E6BE70

accent

#9700E6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131518

muted

#838486

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CDFF

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

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