#B4BCD6#B4BCD6

#B4BCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.038 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCD6
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(226, 29%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 2.52, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 14.19, 280.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% 0.0013 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.038 272)
XYZ	xyz(48.9404, 50.5240, 70.7790)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCD6 #D6CEB4

analogous

#B4CDD6 #B4BCD6 #BDB4D6

triadic

#B4BCD6 #D6B4BC #BCD6B4

tetradic

#B4BCD6 #D6B4CD #D6CEB4 #B4D6BD

square

#B4BCD6 #D6B4CD #D6CEB4 #B4D6BD

split-complementary

#B4BCD6 #D6BDB4 #CDD6B4

monochromatic

#6575AB #8C99C0 #B4BCD6 #DCDFEC #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B4BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCD6

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCD6	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.038 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e2',
    500: '#b4bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcd6;
$custom-light: #cad0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 29.31,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79733,
    "c": 0.03783,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.50525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCD6

secondary

#ACA282

accent

#8F3EA8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCD6

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

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