#B4BEC6#B4BEC6

#B4BEC6 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.016 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BEC6
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(207, 14%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(207, 9%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -1.87, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 5.54, 250.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.0075 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.016 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4267, 50.6069, 60.6846)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BEC6 #C6BCB4

analogous

#B4C6C5 #B4BEC6 #B4B5C6

triadic

#B4BEC6 #C6B4BE #BEC6B4

tetradic

#B4BEC6 #C5B4C6 #C6BCB4 #B5C6B4

square

#B4BEC6 #C5B4C6 #C6BCB4 #B5C6B4

split-complementary

#B4BEC6 #C6B4B5 #C6C5B4

monochromatic

#6E8291 #91A0AC #B4BEC6 #D7DCE0 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B4BEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B4BEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BEC6

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BEC6	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.016 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1d7',
    500: '#b4bec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bec6;
$custom-light: #cad1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 13.636,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79616,
    "c": 0.01586,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BEC6

secondary

#9A8E84

accent

#6F4E98

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BEC6

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

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