#B4B8D0#B4B8D0

#B4B8D0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.034 H 278.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8D0
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(231, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 3.41, -12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 13.00, 285.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0048 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.034 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3455, 48.5378, 66.5366)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8D0 #D0CCB4

analogous

#B4C6D0 #B4B8D0 #BEB4D0

triadic

#B4B8D0 #D0B4B8 #B8D0B4

tetradic

#B4B8D0 #D0B4C6 #D0CCB4 #B4D0BE

square

#B4B8D0 #D0B4C6 #D0CCB4 #B4D0BE

split-complementary

#B4B8D0 #D0BEB4 #C6D0B4

monochromatic

#6971A1 #8E94B8 #B4B8D0 #DADCE8 #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B4B8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B4B8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8D0

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8D0	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BAD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.034 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacdde',
    500: '#b4b8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8d0;
$custom-light: #cacdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78711,
    "c": 0.03423,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8D0

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9444A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8D0

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

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