#B4BAD2#B4BAD2

#B4BAD2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.035 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAD2
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 210)
HSL	hsl(228, 25%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 2.75, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 13.05, 282.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0027 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.035 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0115, 49.4736, 67.9802)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAD2 #D2CCB4

analogous

#B4C9D2 #B4BAD2 #BDB4D2

triadic

#B4BAD2 #D2B4BA #BAD2B4

tetradic

#B4BAD2 #D2B4C9 #D2CCB4 #B4D2BD

square

#B4BAD2 #D2B4C9 #D2CCB4 #B4D2BD

split-complementary

#B4BAD2 #D2BDB4 #C9D2B4

monochromatic

#6874A4 #8E97BB #B4BAD2 #DADDE9 #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B4BAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B4BAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAD2

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAD2	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.035 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacedf',
    500: '#b4bad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bad2;
$custom-light: #cacedf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79187,
    "c": 0.03459,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAD2

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#9042A4

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAD2

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

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