#B3CEDF#B3CEDF

#B3CEDF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.038 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CEDF
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -5.43, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 12.65, 244.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0213 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.038 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9775, 59.0525, 78.3521)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CEDF #DFC4B3

analogous

#B3DFDA #B3CEDF #B3B8DF

triadic

#B3CEDF #DFB3CE #CEDFB3

tetradic

#B3CEDF #DAB3DF #DFC4B3 #B8DFB3

square

#B3CEDF #DAB3DF #DFC4B3 #B8DFB3

split-complementary

#B3CEDF #DFB3B8 #DFDAB3

monochromatic

#5D96BB #88B2CD #B3CEDF #DEEAF1 #E9F1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#B3CEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#B3CEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CEDF

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CEDF	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7D3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.038 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde9',
    500: '#b3cedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cedf;
$custom-light: #cadde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.182,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CEDF

secondary

#B8957F

accent

#6432B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131516

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CEDF

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

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