#B4B6CE#B4B6CE

#B4B6CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.034 H 281.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B6CE
RGB	rgb(180, 182, 206)
HSL	hsl(235, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 4.08, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 12.98, 288.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.007 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.034 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6885, 47.6150, 65.1114)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B6CE #CECCB4

analogous

#B4C3CE #B4B6CE #BFB4CE

triadic

#B4B6CE #CEB4B6 #B6CEB4

tetradic

#B4B6CE #CEB4C3 #CECCB4 #B4CEBF

square

#B4B6CE #CEB4C3 #CECCB4 #B4CEBF

split-complementary

#B4B6CE #CEBFB4 #C3CEB4

monochromatic

#6A6E9E #8F92B6 #B4B6CE #D9DAE6 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B4B6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#B4B6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B6CE

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B6CE	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 182, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.034 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacbdd',
    500: '#b4b6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b6ce;
$custom-light: #cacbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78235,
    "c": 0.03399,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B6CE

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#98469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B6CE

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

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