#B4BAC4#B4BAC4

#B4BAC4 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAC4
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(218, 12%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 8%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -0.13, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 5.76, 268.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0025 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3431, 48.8062, 59.1929)
Luminance	0.4881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAC4 #C4BEB4

analogous

#B4C2C4 #B4BAC4 #B6B4C4

triadic

#B4BAC4 #C4B4BA #BAC4B4

tetradic

#B4BAC4 #C4B4C2 #C4BEB4 #B4C4B6

square

#B4BAC4 #C4B4C2 #C4BEB4 #B4C4B6

split-complementary

#B4BAC4 #C4B6B4 #C2C4B4

monochromatic

#707B8E #929AA9 #B4BAC4 #D6DADF #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B4BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#B4BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAC4

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAC4	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caced5',
    500: '#b4bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bac4;
$custom-light: #caced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 11.94,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78725,
    "c": 0.01565,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAC4

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#7C4F96

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAC4

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

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