Pale teal
#B3FAFB
#B3FAFB is a pale teal with medium intensity, at step 100 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 16.1:1. On white it reaches only 1.2:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#B3FAFB shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #B3FAFB kept exactly at step 100. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 DCFFFF
- 100 B3FAFB
- 200 ADE5E6
- 300 8ECDCD
- 400 6EB1B2
- 500 509596
- 600 347A7B
- 700 1B6162
- 800 034A4B
- 900 003334
- 950 001D1E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #dcffff; --color-teal-100: #b3fafb; --color-teal-200: #ade5e6; --color-teal-300: #8ecdcd; --color-teal-400: #6eb1b2; --color-teal-500: #509596; --color-teal-600: #347a7b; --color-teal-700: #1b6162; --color-teal-800: #034a4b; --color-teal-900: #003334; --color-teal-950: #001d1e;}Is #B3FAFB readable?
Contrast for text on #B3FAFB and for #B3FAFB used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.2APCA Lc 9 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 16.1APCA Lc 95 · Ideal for body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #3C8183 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.2APCA Lc 8 · Not readable
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 16.1APCA Lc 96 · Ideal for body text
Color palettes with #B3FAFB
Six palettes built around #B3FAFB, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#B3FAFB · #3EADD0 · #00C693 · #D3E2FF · #192A29
- Complementary#B3FAFB · #D86D79 · #FF949D · #90FCFF · #1C2525
- Split complementary#B3FAFB · #B55F9A · #FB9260 · #8EFFF7 · #182423
- Triadic#B3FAFB · #9F69C0 · #E5A400 · #ABF8FF · #252E2E
- Tetradic#B3FAFB · #8476B7 · #FF7C7C · #F7E49B · #233433
- Monochromatic#B3FAFB · #03B0B7 · #00D0D9 · #94E7E2 · #202A2B
#B3FAFB as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #B3FAFB looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #DCFFFF
- Brand 100, #B3FAFB
- Brand 200, #ADE5E6
- Brand 300, #8ECDCD
- Brand 400, #6EB1B2
- Brand 500, #509596
- Brand 600, #347A7B
- Brand 700, #1B6162
- Brand 800, #034A4B
- Brand 900, #003334
- Brand 950, #001D1E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F5F5
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E6
- Neutral 300, #CFD6D6
- Neutral 400, #99A3A3
- Neutral 500, #6B7676
- Neutral 600, #4C5757
- Neutral 700, #394243
- Neutral 800, #212A2A
- Neutral 900, #111A1A
- Neutral 950, #050C0C
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #9AEFC1
- Success 300, #77D6A6
- Success 400, #51BB88
- Success 500, #38AA77
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #E7B554
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 100 with neutral 950 text, at 16.9:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 100: it already reads on the dark background at 16.9:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #B3FAFB
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