#B3EAFF#B3EAFF

#B3EAFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.063 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3EAFF
RGB	rgb(179, 234, 255)
HSL	hsl(197, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(197, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -12.69, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 20.27, 231.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0457 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.063 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0576, 75.6462, 105.7089)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3EAFF #FFC8B3

analogous

#B3FFEE #B3EAFF #B3C4FF

triadic

#B3EAFF #FFB3EA #EAFFB3

tetradic

#B3EAFF #EEB3FF #FFC8B3 #C4FFB3

square

#B3EAFF #EEB3FF #FFC8B3 #C4FFB3

split-complementary

#B3EAFF #FFB3C4 #FFEEB3

monochromatic

#39C8FF #76D9FF #B3EAFF #E0F7FF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#B3EAFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#B3EAFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3EAFF

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3EAFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3EAFF	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEE7FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2DEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AF1F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3eaff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 234, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.063 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbf0ff',
    500: '#b3eaff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3eaff;
$custom-light: #cbf0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3eaff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.579,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90619,
    "c": 0.0629,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3EAFF

secondary

#E69170

accent

#3F00E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#131618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3EAFF

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

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