#B4BDEE#B4BDEE

#B4BDEE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.070 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BDEE
RGB	rgb(180, 189, 238)
HSL	hsl(231, 63%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(231, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, 7.34, -25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 26.37, 286.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% 0.008 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.07 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4486, 52.2703, 88.1982)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BDEE #EEE5B4

analogous

#B4DAEE #B4BDEE #C8B4EE

triadic

#B4BDEE #EEB4BD #BDEEB4

tetradic

#B4BDEE #EEB4DA #EEE5B4 #B4EEC8

square

#B4BDEE #EEB4DA #EEE5B4 #B4EEC8

split-complementary

#B4BDEE #EEC8B4 #DAEEB4

monochromatic

#5065D7 #8291E3 #B4BDEE #E6E9F9 #E6E9F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#B4BDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#B4BDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BDEE

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BDEE	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 189, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.070 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0f3',
    500: '#b4bdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bdee;
$custom-light: #cbd0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.69,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80818,
    "c": 0.06997,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BDEE

secondary

#CCBF7B

accent

#AF1BCB

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BDEE

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

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