#B4BECE#B4BECE

#B4BECE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.025 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4BECE
RGB	rgb(180, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(217, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(217, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -0.24, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 9.21, 268.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0044 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.025 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3739, 50.9858, 65.6732)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4BECE #CEC4B4

analogous

#B4CBCE #B4BECE #B7B4CE

triadic

#B4BECE #CEB4BE #BECEB4

tetradic

#B4BECE #CEB4CB #CEC4B4 #B4CEB7

square

#B4BECE #CEB4CB #CEC4B4 #B4CEB7

split-complementary

#B4BECE #CEB7B4 #CBCEB4

monochromatic

#6A7E9E #8F9EB6 #B4BECE #D9DEE6 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B4BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#B4BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4BECE

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4BECE	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.025 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1dd',
    500: '#b4bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4bece;
$custom-light: #cad1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.0252,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4BECE

secondary

#A39783

accent

#7D469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4BECE

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

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