#B4B8D4#B4B8D4

#B4B8D4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.040 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B8D4
RGB	rgb(180, 184, 212)
HSL	hsl(233, 27%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(233, 15%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 4.26, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 15.14, 286.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% 0.0062 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.04 279)
XYZ	xyz(47.8439, 48.7371, 69.1612)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B8D4 #D4D0B4

analogous

#B4C8D4 #B4B8D4 #C0B4D4

triadic

#B4B8D4 #D4B4B8 #B8D4B4

tetradic

#B4B8D4 #D4B4C8 #D4D0B4 #B4D4C0

square

#B4B8D4 #D4B4C8 #D4D0B4 #B4D4C0

split-complementary

#B4B8D4 #D4C0B4 #C8D4B4

monochromatic

#666EA7 #8D93BE #B4B8D4 #DBDDEA #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B4B8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B4B8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B8D4

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B8D4	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 184, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.040 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacde1',
    500: '#b4b8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b8d4;
$custom-light: #cacde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 27.119,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7885,
    "c": 0.03985,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.48738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B8D4

secondary

#EAE9E1

accent

#9940A6

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B8D4

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

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