#B4C4CE#B4C4CE

#B4C4CE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.023 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C4CE
RGB	rgb(180, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(203, 21%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(203, 13%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -3.43, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 7.67, 243.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0129 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.023 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7003, 53.6385, 66.1153)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C4CE #CEBEB4

analogous

#B4CECB #B4C4CE #B4B7CE

triadic

#B4C4CE #CEB4C4 #C4CEB4

tetradic

#B4C4CE #CBB4CE #CEBEB4 #B7CEB4

square

#B4C4CE #CBB4CE #CEBEB4 #B7CEB4

split-complementary

#B4C4CE #CEB4B7 #CECBB4

monochromatic

#6A8A9E #8FA7B6 #B4C4CE #D9E1E6 #ECF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B4C4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B4C4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C4CE

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C4CE	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.023 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad5dd',
    500: '#b4c4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c4ce;
$custom-light: #cad5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 20.968,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81116,
    "c": 0.02254,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C4CE

secondary

#A38F83

accent

#68469F

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C4CE

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

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