#B4BDCE#B4BDCE

#B4BDCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.026 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDCE
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(219, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(219, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 0.30, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 9.60, 271.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.003 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.026 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1581, 50.5541, 65.6013)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDCE #CEC5B4

analogous

#B4CACE #B4BDCE #B8B4CE

triadic

#B4BDCE #CEB4BD #BDCEB4

tetradic

#B4BDCE #CEB4CA #CEC5B4 #B4CEB8

square

#B4BDCE #CEB4CA #CEC5B4 #B4CEB8

split-complementary

#B4BDCE #CEB8B4 #CACEB4

monochromatic

#6A7C9E #8F9CB6 #B4BDCE #D9DEE6 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B4BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDCE

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDCE	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.026 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0dd',
    500: '#b4bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdce;
$custom-light: #cad0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79667,
    "c": 0.02604,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDCE

secondary

#A39883

accent

#80469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDCE

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

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