#B4B4CE#B4B4CE

#B4B4CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.037 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B4CE
RGB	rgb(180, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 5.16, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 14.08, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0098 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.037 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2819, 46.8016, 64.9759)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B4CE #CECEB4

analogous

#B4C1CE #B4B4CE #C1B4CE

triadic

#B4B4CE #CEB4B4 #B4CEB4

tetradic

#B4B4CE #CEB4C1 #CECEB4 #B4CEC1

square

#B4B4CE #CEB4C1 #CECEB4 #B4CEC1

split-complementary

#B4B4CE #CEC1B4 #C1CEB4

monochromatic

#6A6A9E #8F8FB6 #B4B4CE #D9D9E6 #ECECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B4B4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B4B4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B4CE

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B4CE	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.037 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacadd',
    500: '#b4b4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b4ce;
$custom-light: #cacadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7783,
    "c": 0.03673,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B4CE

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9F469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B4CE

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

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