#B4BEC4#B4BEC4

#B4BEC4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.014 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BEC4
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(203, 12%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(203, 8%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -2.27, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 4.78, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0083 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.014 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1975, 50.5152, 59.4777)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BEC4 #C4BAB4

analogous

#B4C4C2 #B4BEC4 #B4B6C4

triadic

#B4BEC4 #C4B4BE #BEC4B4

tetradic

#B4BEC4 #C2B4C4 #C4BAB4 #B6C4B4

square

#B4BEC4 #C2B4C4 #C4BAB4 #B6C4B4

split-complementary

#B4BEC4 #C4B4B6 #C4C2B4

monochromatic

#70838E #92A0A9 #B4BEC4 #D6DCDF #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#B4BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BEC4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BEC4	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)

#BBBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.014 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1d5',
    500: '#b4bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bec4;
$custom-light: #cad1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 11.94,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79553,
    "c": 0.01399,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BEC4

secondary

#988C85

accent

#6A4F96

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BEC4

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

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