#B4B5CD#B4B5CD

#B4B5CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.034 H 283.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B5CD
RGB	rgb(180, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(238, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(238, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, 4.41, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 12.98, 289.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78% 0.008 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.034 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3634, 47.1584, 64.4057)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B5CD #CDCCB4

analogous

#B4C1CD #B4B5CD #BFB4CD

triadic

#B4B5CD #CDB4B5 #B5CDB4

tetradic

#B4B5CD #CDB4C1 #CDCCB4 #B4CDBF

square

#B4B5CD #CDB4C1 #CDCCB4 #B4CDBF

split-complementary

#B4B5CD #CDBFB4 #C1CDB4

monochromatic

#6B6D9C #8F91B5 #B4B5CD #D9D9E5 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4B5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B4B5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B5CD

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B5CD	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.034 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacbdc',
    500: '#b4b5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b5cd;
$custom-light: #cacbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.6,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.03392,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B5CD

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#9B479E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B5CD

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

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