#B4B4C8#B4B4C8

#B4B4C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.028 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B4C8
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 3.92, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 10.83, 291.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.0077 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.028 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5668, 46.5156, 61.2102)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B4C8 #C8C8B4

analogous

#B4BEC8 #B4B4C8 #BEB4C8

triadic

#B4B4C8 #C8B4B4 #B4C8B4

tetradic

#B4B4C8 #C8B4BE #C8C8B4 #B4C8BE

square

#B4B4C8 #C8B4BE #C8C8B4 #B4C8BE

split-complementary

#B4B4C8 #C8BEB4 #BEC8B4

monochromatic

#6D6D94 #9191AE #B4B4C8 #D7D7E2 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B4B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#B4B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B4C8

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B4C8	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.028 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacad8',
    500: '#b4b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b4c8;
$custom-light: #cacad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77625,
    "c": 0.02823,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B4C8

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9A4C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B4C8

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

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