#B3ECFF#B3ECFF

#B3ECFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.063 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3ECFF
RGB	rgb(179, 236, 255)
HSL	hsl(195, 100%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(195, 30%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -13.70, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 20.32, 227.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0482 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.063 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.6301, 76.7914, 105.8998)
Luminance	0.7680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3ECFF #FFC6B3

analogous

#B3FFEC #B3ECFF #B3C6FF

triadic

#B3ECFF #FFB3EC #ECFFB3

tetradic

#B3ECFF #ECB3FF #FFC6B3 #C6FFB3

square

#B3ECFF #ECB3FF #FFC6B3 #C6FFB3

split-complementary

#B3ECFF #FFB3C6 #FFECB3

monochromatic

#39CDFF #76DDFF #B3ECFF #E0F7FF #E0F7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#B3ECFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#B3ECFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3ECFF

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3ECFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3ECFF	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0E8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4DFFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AF3F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ecff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 236, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.063 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbf2ff',
    500: '#b3ecff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ecff;
$custom-light: #cbf2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ecff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9104,
    "c": 0.0633,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3ECFF

secondary

#E68E70

accent

#3900E6

background

#FEFFFF

surface

#FBFEFF

border

#D4D6D7

text

#131618

muted

#838586

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3ECFF

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

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