#B4BAD0#B4BAD0

#B4BAD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAD0
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(227, 23%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(227, 13%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 2.33, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 11.99, 281.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.002 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7639, 49.3746, 66.6761)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAD0 #D0CAB4

analogous

#B4C8D0 #B4BAD0 #BCB4D0

triadic

#B4BAD0 #D0B4BA #BAD0B4

tetradic

#B4BAD0 #D0B4C8 #D0CAB4 #B4D0BC

square

#B4BAD0 #D0B4C8 #D0CAB4 #B4D0BC

split-complementary

#B4BAD0 #D0BCB4 #C8D0B4

monochromatic

#6975A1 #8E97B8 #B4BAD0 #DADDE8 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4BAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B4BAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAD0

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAD0	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacede',
    500: '#b4bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bad0;
$custom-light: #cacede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79119,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAD0

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8D44A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAD0

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

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