#B3CEDE#B3CEDE

#B3CEDE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.037 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CEDE
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(202, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -5.64, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 12.31, 242.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0216 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.037 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8430, 58.9988, 77.6441)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CEDE #DEC3B3

analogous

#B3DED8 #B3CEDE #B3B8DE

triadic

#B3CEDE #DEB3CE #CEDEB3

tetradic

#B3CEDE #D8B3DE #DEC3B3 #B8DEB3

square

#B3CEDE #D8B3DE #DEC3B3 #B8DEB3

split-complementary

#B3CEDE #DEB3B8 #DED8B3

monochromatic

#5E97B9 #88B2CB #B3CEDE #DEEAF1 #EAF1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B3CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#B3CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CEDE

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CEDE	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.037 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde8',
    500: '#b3cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cede;
$custom-light: #cadde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.326,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83649,
    "c": 0.0367,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CEDE

secondary

#B6947F

accent

#6233B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CEDE

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

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