#B4BACE#B4BACE

#B4BACE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.029 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BACE
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 206)
HSL	hsl(226, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(226, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 1.91, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 10.93, 280.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0012 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.029 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5194, 49.2768, 65.3884)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BACE #CEC8B4

analogous

#B4C7CE #B4BACE #BBB4CE

triadic

#B4BACE #CEB4BA #BACEB4

tetradic

#B4BACE #CEB4C7 #CEC8B4 #B4CEBB

square

#B4BACE #CEB4C7 #CEC8B4 #B4CEBB

split-complementary

#B4BACE #CEBBB4 #C7CEB4

monochromatic

#6A769E #8F98B6 #B4BACE #D9DCE6 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4BACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#B4BACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BACE

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BACE	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.029 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacedd',
    500: '#b4bace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bace;
$custom-light: #cacedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.02906,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BACE

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8B469F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BACE

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

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