#B4BDCD#B4BDCD

#B4BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.025 H 262.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDCD
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(218, 20%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 0.09, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 9.10, 270.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0034 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.025 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0370, 50.5056, 64.9635)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDCD #CDC4B4

analogous

#B4C9CD #B4BDCD #B7B4CD

triadic

#B4BDCD #CDB4BD #BDCDB4

tetradic

#B4BDCD #CDB4C9 #CDC4B4 #B4CDB7

square

#B4BDCD #CDB4C9 #CDC4B4 #B4CDB7

split-complementary

#B4BDCD #CDB7B4 #C9CDB4

monochromatic

#6B7C9C #8F9DB5 #B4BDCD #D9DDE5 #EDEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B4BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDCD

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDCD	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.025 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0dc',
    500: '#b4bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdcd;
$custom-light: #cad0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79634,
    "c": 0.02474,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDCD

secondary

#A29783

accent

#7F479E

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDCD

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

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