#B4B8CC#B4B8CC

#B4B8CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.029 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8CC
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(230, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(230, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, 2.58, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 10.86, 283.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% 0.0034 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.029 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8596, 48.3434, 63.9775)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8CC #CCC8B4

analogous

#B4C4CC #B4B8CC #BCB4CC

triadic

#B4B8CC #CCB4B8 #B8CCB4

tetradic

#B4B8CC #CCB4C4 #CCC8B4 #B4CCBC

square

#B4B8CC #CCB4C4 #CCC8B4 #B4CCBC

split-complementary

#B4B8CC #CCBCB4 #C4CCB4

monochromatic

#6B739A #9096B3 #B4B8CC #D8DAE5 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B4B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B4B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8CC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8CC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.029 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacddb',
    500: '#b4b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8cc;
$custom-light: #cacddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78575,
    "c": 0.02862,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8CC

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8F489D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8CC

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

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