#B4BCED#B4BCED

#B4BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.070 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BCED
RGB	rgb(180, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(232, 61%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(232, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 7.66, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 26.37, 286.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0091 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.07 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0878, 51.7830, 87.3551)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BCED #EDE5B4

analogous

#B4D9ED #B4BCED #C9B4ED

triadic

#B4BCED #EDB4BC #BCEDB4

tetradic

#B4BCED #EDB4D9 #EDE5B4 #B4EDC9

square

#B4BCED #EDB4D9 #EDE5B4 #B4EDC9

split-complementary

#B4BCED #EDC9B4 #D9EDB4

monochromatic

#5164D5 #8390E1 #B4BCED #E5E8F9 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B4BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#B4BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BCED

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BCED	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.070 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0f3',
    500: '#b4bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bced;
$custom-light: #cbd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.579,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8058,
    "c": 0.06983,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BCED

secondary

#CABF7B

accent

#B11DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BCED

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

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