#B3CED5#B3CED5

#B3CED5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.031 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CED5
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(192, 29%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(192, 16%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -7.56, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 9.97, 220.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.025 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.031 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.6689, 58.5291, 71.4602)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CED5 #D5BAB3

analogous

#B3D5CB #B3CED5 #B3BDD5

triadic

#B3CED5 #D5B3CE #CED5B3

tetradic

#B3CED5 #CBB3D5 #D5BAB3 #BDD5B3

square

#B3CED5 #CBB3D5 #D5BAB3 #BDD5B3

split-complementary

#B3CED5 #D5B3BD #D5CBB3

monochromatic

#649BA9 #8CB5BF #B3CED5 #DAE7EB #EBF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B3CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#B3CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CED5

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CED5	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C7D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.031 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde1',
    500: '#b3ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ced5;
$custom-light: #cadde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.353,
    "s": 28.814,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83358,
    "c": 0.03061,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CED5

secondary

#AB8A81

accent

#543EA7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CED5

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

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