#B4BCDE#B4BCDE

#B4BCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.049 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCDE
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(229, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, 4.26, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 18.41, 283.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% 0.0041 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.049 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9872, 50.9428, 76.2924)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCDE #DED6B4

analogous

#B4D1DE #B4BCDE #C1B4DE

triadic

#B4BCDE #DEB4BC #BCDEB4

tetradic

#B4BCDE #DEB4D1 #DED6B4 #B4DEC1

square

#B4BCDE #DEB4D1 #DED6B4 #B4DEC1

split-complementary

#B4BCDE #DEC1B4 #D1DEB4

monochromatic

#5F70B9 #8A96CB #B4BCDE #DFE2F1 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#B4BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCDE

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCDE	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.049 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0e8',
    500: '#b4bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcde;
$custom-light: #cbd0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.0489,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCDE

secondary

#B6AC80

accent

#9A34B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCDE

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

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