#B4BDCA#B4BDCA

#B4BDCA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.021 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDCA
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(215, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(215, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -0.53, -7.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 7.62, 266.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0045 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.021 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6783, 50.3622, 63.0746)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDCA #CAC1B4

analogous

#B4C8CA #B4BDCA #B6B4CA

triadic

#B4BDCA #CAB4BD #BDCAB4

tetradic

#B4BDCA #CAB4C8 #CAC1B4 #B4CAB6

square

#B4BDCA #CAB4C8 #CAC1B4 #B4CAB6

split-complementary

#B4BDCA #CAB6B4 #C8CAB4

monochromatic

#6C7E97 #909DB1 #B4BDCA #D8DDE3 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B4BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B4BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDCA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDCA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.021 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0da',
    500: '#b4bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdca;
$custom-light: #cad0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 17.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79536,
    "c": 0.02094,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDCA

secondary

#9E9484

accent

#7A4A9B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDCA

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

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