#B3CEDD#B3CEDD

#B3CEDD is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.036 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CEDD
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(201, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -5.86, -10.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 11.98, 240.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.022 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.036 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7094, 58.9453, 76.9404)
Luminance	0.5895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CEDD #DDC2B3

analogous

#B3DDD7 #B3CEDD #B3B9DD

triadic

#B3CEDD #DDB3CE #CEDDB3

tetradic

#B3CEDD #D7B3DD #DDC2B3 #B9DDB3

square

#B3CEDD #D7B3DD #DDC2B3 #B9DDB3

split-complementary

#B3CEDD #DDB3B9 #DDD7B3

monochromatic

#5E97B7 #89B3CA #B3CEDD #DDE9F0 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B3CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#B3CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CEDD

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CEDD	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.036 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde7',
    500: '#b3cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cedd;
$custom-light: #cadde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 38.182,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83616,
    "c": 0.03585,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CEDD

secondary

#B5927F

accent

#6134B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CEDD

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

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