#B4BAC8#B4BAC8

#B4BAC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.021 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAC8
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(222, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 0.68, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 7.80, 274.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.001 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.021 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8044, 48.9908, 61.6227)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAC8 #C8C2B4

analogous

#B4C4C8 #B4BAC8 #B8B4C8

triadic

#B4BAC8 #C8B4BA #BAC8B4

tetradic

#B4BAC8 #C8B4C4 #C8C2B4 #B4C8B8

square

#B4BAC8 #C8B4C4 #C8C2B4 #B4C8B8

split-complementary

#B4BAC8 #C8B8B4 #C4C8B4

monochromatic

#6D7994 #919AAE #B4BAC8 #D7DAE2 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B4BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B4BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAC8

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAC8	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.021 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caced8',
    500: '#b4bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bac8;
$custom-light: #caced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78853,
    "c": 0.02089,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAC8

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#824C9A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAC8

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

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