#B4BAD4#B4BAD4

#B4BAD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.037 H 275.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BAD4
RGB	rgb(180, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(229, 27%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(229, 15%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 3.18, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 14.11, 283.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0034 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.037 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2622, 49.5739, 69.3006)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BAD4 #D4CEB4

analogous

#B4CAD4 #B4BAD4 #BEB4D4

triadic

#B4BAD4 #D4B4BA #BAD4B4

tetradic

#B4BAD4 #D4B4CA #D4CEB4 #B4D4BE

square

#B4BAD4 #D4B4CA #D4CEB4 #B4D4BE

split-complementary

#B4BAD4 #D4BEB4 #CAD4B4

monochromatic

#6672A7 #8D96BE #B4BAD4 #DBDEEA #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B4BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B4BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BAD4

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BAD4	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BAD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.037 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacee1',
    500: '#b4bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bad4;
$custom-light: #cacee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.75,
    "s": 27.119,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.03738,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BAD4

secondary

#EAE9E1

accent

#9340A6

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BAD4

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

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