Lightsteelblue#B0C4DE

#B0C4DE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.043 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Lightsteelblue — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B0C4DE
RGB	rgb(176, 196, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 41%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(214, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -1.28, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 15.26, 265.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0111 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.043 255)
XYZ	xyz(50.8258, 53.9826, 76.8349)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0C4DE #DECAB0

analogous

#B0DBDE #B0C4DE #B3B0DE

triadic

#B0C4DE #DEB0C4 #C4DEB0

tetradic

#B0C4DE #DEB0DB #DECAB0 #B0DEB3

square

#B0C4DE #DEB0DB #DECAB0 #B0DEB3

split-complementary

#B0C4DE #DEB3B0 #DBDEB0

monochromatic

#5A84BA #85A4CC #B0C4DE #DBE4F0 #E9EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B0C4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#B0C4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0C4DE

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0C4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0C4DE	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4CACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0c4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 196, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.043 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d5e8',
    500: '#b0c4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0c4de;
$custom-light: #c8d5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0c4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.913,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81362,
    "c": 0.04281,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.53984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0C4DE

secondary

#B69D7C

accent

#7B31B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0C4DE

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

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