#B4BDCB#B4BDCB

#B4BDCB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.022 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDCB
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 203)
HSL	hsl(217, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(217, 11%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -0.32, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 8.11, 267.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0042 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.022 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7971, 50.4097, 63.7002)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDCB #CBC2B4

analogous

#B4C8CB #B4BDCB #B7B4CB

triadic

#B4BDCB #CBB4BD #BDCBB4

tetradic

#B4BDCB #CBB4C8 #CBC2B4 #B4CBB7

square

#B4BDCB #CBB4C8 #CBC2B4 #B4CBB7

split-complementary

#B4BDCB #CBB7B4 #C8CBB4

monochromatic

#6C7D99 #909DB2 #B4BDCB #D8DDE4 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BDCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#B4BDCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDCB

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDCB	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.022 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0da',
    500: '#b4bdcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdcb;
$custom-light: #cad0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 18.11,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79569,
    "c": 0.02218,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDCB

secondary

#9F9584

accent

#7C499C

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDCB

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

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