#B4BCDF#B4BCDF

#B4BCDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.050 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCDF
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(229, 40%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, 4.49, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 18.94, 283.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% 0.0045 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.05 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1217, 50.9965, 77.0004)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCDF #DFD7B4

analogous

#B4D2DF #B4BCDF #C2B4DF

triadic

#B4BCDF #DFB4BC #BCDFB4

tetradic

#B4BCDF #DFB4D2 #DFD7B4 #B4DFC2

square

#B4BCDF #DFB4D2 #DFD7B4 #B4DFC2

split-complementary

#B4BCDF #DFC2B4 #D2DFB4

monochromatic

#5E6FBA #8996CD #B4BCDF #DFE2F1 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#B4BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCDF

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCDF	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.050 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0e9',
    500: '#b4bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bcdf;
$custom-light: #cbd0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.837,
    "s": 40.187,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80053,
    "c": 0.0503,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCDF

secondary

#B8AD80

accent

#9B32B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCDF

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

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