#B3E2D3Bay (#B3E2D3) is a very light, muted blue-green with an OKLCH hue of 174°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.053. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #B3E2D3 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 226, 211) |
| HSL | hsl(161, 45%, 79%) |
| HSV | hsv(161, 21%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(21%, 0%, 7%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.3 -18.2 2.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.876 0.053 174) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Bay shifts subtly: drifts toward green; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward sky blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#bfddc5 — ΔE 2.1, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#bce3cf — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: drifts toward green#b3e2d3 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b3e3d6 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward sky blueTest Bay in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.43:1 and against black 14.74:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#d1fdef · #b3e2d3 · #84ac9f · #61867a · #416157 · #233e36
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#d3faff · #b0f3ed · #b3e2d3 · #9dd1b1 · #99ba95 · #94a47c
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b3e2d3 · #9dbcc8 · #6da494 · #43829b · #356859 · #284652
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#b3e2d3 · #a5b8b1 · #b57e94 · #39594f · #1e3b33 · #0b1e18
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#b3e2d3 · #bfb6b9 · #798581 · #524c4e · #17221f · #020101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#b3e2d3 · #8ba29a · #29463e · #062921 · #000503 · #e5519a
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#b3e2d3 · #8ba29a · #29463e · #062921 · #000503 · #f1ba4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#eef0ca · #b3e2d3 · #96cf9a · #b87cbc · #3f3e68 · #0c0729
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b3e2d3 · #c6b4ba · #947696 · #713c3a · #2e1331 · #050000
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#b3e2d3 · #b9b7c7 · #837ba3 · #6d4224 · #361500 · #010006
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#b3e2d3 · #b2b9c8 · #6f82a6 · #6d3c51 · #2b1d00 · #040001
#BDE6D8 · #C6EADE · #D0EDE3 · #D9F1E9 · #E2F5EF
#8FB9AC · #6C9286 · #4B6C62 · #2C4940 · #102821
#BBE0D4 · #C3DDD4 · #CADAD5
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.