#B4BDCC#B4BDCC

#B4BDCC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.023 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDCC
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(218, 19%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -0.12, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 8.60, 269.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0038 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.023 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9167, 50.4575, 64.3298)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDCC #CCC3B4

analogous

#B4C9CC #B4BDCC #B7B4CC

triadic

#B4BDCC #CCB4BD #BDCCB4

tetradic

#B4BDCC #CCB4C9 #CCC3B4 #B4CCB7

square

#B4BDCC #CCB4C9 #CCC3B4 #B4CCB7

split-complementary

#B4BDCC #CCB7B4 #C9CCB4

monochromatic

#6B7D9A #909DB3 #B4BDCC #D8DDE5 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#B4BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDCC

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDCC	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.023 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0db',
    500: '#b4bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdcc;
$custom-light: #cad0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79601,
    "c": 0.02346,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDCC

secondary

#A19684

accent

#7D489D

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDCC

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

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