#B3CEEB#B3CEEB

#B3CEEB is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.050 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CEEB
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 235)
HSL	hsl(211, 58%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(211, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 12.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -2.77, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 17.51, 260.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0169 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.05 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6530, 59.7227, 87.1766)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CEEB #EBD0B3

analogous

#B3EAEB #B3CEEB #B4B3EB

triadic

#B3CEEB #EBB3CE #CEEBB3

tetradic

#B3CEEB #EBB3EA #EBD0B3 #B3EBB4

square

#B3CEEB #EBB3EA #EBD0B3 #B3EBB4

split-complementary

#B3CEEB #EBB4B3 #EAEBB3

monochromatic

#5290D1 #83AFDE #B3CEEB #E3EDF8 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#B3CEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#B3CEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CEEB

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CEEB	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC8EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ceeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.050 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadcf1',
    500: '#b3ceeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ceeb;
$custom-light: #cadcf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ceeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.071,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84092,
    "c": 0.05007,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CEEB

secondary

#C7A27B

accent

#7620C6

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFCFE

border

#D3D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CEEB

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

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