#B4BCDA#B4BCDA

#B4BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.043 H 273.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCDA
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(227, 34%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 3.39, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 16.29, 282.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0027 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.043 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4575, 50.7309, 73.5024)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCDA #DAD2B4

analogous

#B4CFDA #B4BCDA #BFB4DA

triadic

#B4BCDA #DAB4BC #BCDAB4

tetradic

#B4BCDA #DAB4CF #DAD2B4 #B4DABF

square

#B4BCDA #DAB4CF #DAD2B4 #B4DABF

split-complementary

#B4BCDA #DABFB4 #CFDAB4

monochromatic

#6273B2 #8B97C6 #B4BCDA #DDE1EE #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#B4BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCDA

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCDA	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.043 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e5',
    500: '#b4bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcda;
$custom-light: #cad0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCDA

secondary

#B1A781

accent

#9439AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCDA

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

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