#B4BCCE#B4BCCE

#B4BCCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.027 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCCE
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(222, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(222, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 0.83, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 10.02, 274.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0016 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.027 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9437, 50.1253, 65.5298)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCCE #CEC6B4

analogous

#B4C9CE #B4BCCE #B9B4CE

triadic

#B4BCCE #CEB4BC #BCCEB4

tetradic

#B4BCCE #CEB4C9 #CEC6B4 #B4CEB9

square

#B4BCCE #CEB4C9 #CEC6B4 #B4CEB9

split-complementary

#B4BCCE #CEB9B4 #C9CEB4

monochromatic

#6A7A9E #8F9BB6 #B4BCCE #D9DDE6 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B4BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#B4BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCCE

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCCE	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.027 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0dd',
    500: '#b4bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcce;
$custom-light: #cad0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79461,
    "c": 0.02697,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCCE

secondary

#A39983

accent

#84469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCCE

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

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