#B4B6C8#B4B6C8

#B4B6C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.026 H 280.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B6C8
RGB	rgb(180, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(234, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(234, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 2.83, -9.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 9.74, 286.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0048 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.026 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9735, 47.3290, 61.3457)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B6C8 #C8C6B4

analogous

#B4C0C8 #B4B6C8 #BCB4C8

triadic

#B4B6C8 #C8B4B6 #B6C8B4

tetradic

#B4B6C8 #C8B4C0 #C8C6B4 #B4C8BC

square

#B4B6C8 #C8B4C0 #C8C6B4 #B4C8BC

split-complementary

#B4B6C8 #C8BCB4 #C0C8B4

monochromatic

#6D7194 #9194AE #B4B6C8 #D7D8E2 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B4B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B4B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B6C8

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B6C8	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.026 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacbd8',
    500: '#b4b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b6c8;
$custom-light: #cacbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78033,
    "c": 0.02552,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B6C8

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#924C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B6C8

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

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