#B1BDCD#B1BDCD

#B1BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.026 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1BDCD
RGB	rgb(177, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(214, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(214, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -0.89, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 9.49, 264.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0065 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.026 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3460, 50.1493, 64.9311)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1BDCD #CDC1B1

analogous

#B1CBCD #B1BDCD #B3B1CD

triadic

#B1BDCD #CDB1BD #BDCDB1

tetradic

#B1BDCD #CDB1CB #CDC1B1 #B1CDB3

square

#B1BDCD #CDB1CB #CDC1B1 #B1CDB3

split-complementary

#B1BDCD #CDB3B1 #CBCDB1

monochromatic

#667E9D #8C9DB5 #B1BDCD #D6DDE5 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B1BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B1BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1BDCD

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1BDCD	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.026 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8d0dc',
    500: '#b1bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1bdcd;
$custom-light: #c8d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 21.875,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79409,
    "c": 0.0263,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1BDCD

secondary

#A29480

accent

#7945A0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1BDCD

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

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