#B4BCDD#B4BCDD

#B4BCDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.048 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCDD
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(228, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(228, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 4.04, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 17.88, 283.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% 0.0038 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.048 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8536, 50.8893, 75.5887)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCDD #DDD5B4

analogous

#B4D0DD #B4BCDD #C0B4DD

triadic

#B4BCDD #DDB4BC #BCDDB4

tetradic

#B4BCDD #DDB4D0 #DDD5B4 #B4DDC0

square

#B4BCDD #DDB4D0 #DDD5B4 #B4DDC0

split-complementary

#B4BCDD #DDC0B4 #D0DDB4

monochromatic

#6071B7 #8A96CA #B4BCDD #DEE2F0 #EAECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#B4BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCDD

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCDD	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.048 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0e7',
    500: '#b4bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcdd;
$custom-light: #cad0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.293,
    "s": 37.615,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.04752,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCDD

secondary

#B5AB80

accent

#9835B1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCDD

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

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