#B4BCD4#B4BCD4

#B4BCD4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.035 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCD4
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(225, 27%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(225, 15%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 2.10, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 13.14, 279.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% 0.0006 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.035 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6865, 50.4225, 69.4421)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCD4 #D4CCB4

analogous

#B4CCD4 #B4BCD4 #BCB4D4

triadic

#B4BCD4 #D4B4BC #BCD4B4

tetradic

#B4BCD4 #D4B4CC #D4CCB4 #B4D4BC

square

#B4BCD4 #D4B4CC #D4CCB4 #B4D4BC

split-complementary

#B4BCD4 #D4BCB4 #CCD4B4

monochromatic

#6677A7 #8D99BE #B4BCD4 #DBDFEA #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B4BCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCD4

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCD4	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.035 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e1',
    500: '#b4bcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcd4;
$custom-light: #cad0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 27.119,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79664,
    "c": 0.03509,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCD4

secondary

#AAA082

accent

#8C40A6

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCD4

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

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