#B4B4CA#B4B4CA

#B4B4CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.031 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B4CA
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 202)
HSL	hsl(240, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 10.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, 4.33, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 11.92, 291.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0084 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.031 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8021, 46.6098, 62.4492)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B4CA #CACAB4

analogous

#B4BFCA #B4B4CA #BFB4CA

triadic

#B4B4CA #CAB4B4 #B4CAB4

tetradic

#B4B4CA #CAB4BF #CACAB4 #B4CABF

square

#B4B4CA #CAB4BF #CACAB4 #B4CABF

split-complementary

#B4B4CA #CABFB4 #BFCAB4

monochromatic

#6C6C97 #9090B1 #B4B4CA #D8D8E3 #EDEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4B4CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B4B4CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B4CA

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B4CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B4CA	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b4ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.031 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacada',
    500: '#b4b4ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b4ca;
$custom-light: #cacada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b4ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 17.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77693,
    "c": 0.03106,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B4CA

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9B4A9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B4CA

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

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