#B4BCDB#B4BCDB

#B4BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.045 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCDB
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(228, 35%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(228, 18%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 3.61, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 16.82, 282.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0031 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.045 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5887, 50.7834, 74.1937)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCDB #DBD3B4

analogous

#B4CFDB #B4BCDB #BFB4DB

triadic

#B4BCDB #DBB4BC #BCDBB4

tetradic

#B4BCDB #DBB4CF #DBD3B4 #B4DBBF

square

#B4BCDB #DBB4CF #DBD3B4 #B4DBBF

split-complementary

#B4BCDB #DBBFB4 #CFDBB4

monochromatic

#6172B3 #8B97C7 #B4BCDB #DDE1EF #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#B4BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCDB

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCDB	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.045 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e6',
    500: '#b4bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcdb;
$custom-light: #cad0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.692,
    "s": 35.135,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79909,
    "c": 0.04475,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCDB

secondary

#B3A881

accent

#9638AE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCDB

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

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