#B4BEC2#B4BEC2

#B4BEC2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.012 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BEC2
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 10%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(197, 7%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -2.66, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 4.17, 230.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.009 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.012 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9714, 50.4248, 58.2868)
Luminance	0.5042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BEC2 #C2B8B4

analogous

#B4C2BF #B4BEC2 #B4B7C2

triadic

#B4BEC2 #C2B4BE #BEC2B4

tetradic

#B4BEC2 #BFB4C2 #C2B8B4 #B7C2B4

square

#B4BEC2 #BFB4C2 #C2B8B4 #B7C2B4

split-complementary

#B4BEC2 #C2B4B7 #C2BFB4

monochromatic

#71838B #92A1A7 #B4BEC2 #D6DBDD #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#B4BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BEC2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BEC2	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)

#BCBDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.012 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1d4',
    500: '#b4bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bec2;
$custom-light: #cad1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 10.294,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79492,
    "c": 0.01248,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BEC2

secondary

#958A85

accent

#645194

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BEC2

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

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