#B3CED4#B3CED4

#B3CED4 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.030 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CED4
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 28%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(191, 16%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -7.77, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 9.82, 217.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0254 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.03 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.5423, 58.4785, 70.7938)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CED4 #D4B9B3

analogous

#B3D4CA #B3CED4 #B3BED4

triadic

#B3CED4 #D4B3CE #CED4B3

tetradic

#B3CED4 #CAB3D4 #D4B9B3 #BED4B3

square

#B3CED4 #CAB3D4 #D4B9B3 #BED4B3

split-complementary

#B3CED4 #D4B3BE #D4CAB3

monochromatic

#659CA8 #8CB5BE #B3CED4 #DAE7EA #EBF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B3CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#B3CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CED4

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CED4	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C7D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.030 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde1',
    500: '#b3ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ced4;
$custom-light: #cadde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 27.731,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83327,
    "c": 0.03019,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CED4

secondary

#AA8981

accent

#523FA6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CED4

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

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