#B4C8CA#B4C8CA

#B4C8CA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.022 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C8CA
RGB	rgb(180, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(185, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -6.35, -3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 7.16, 207.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.02 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.022 204)
XYZ	xyz(50.1348, 55.2752, 63.8935)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C8CA #CAB6B4

analogous

#B4CAC1 #B4C8CA #B4BDCA

triadic

#B4C8CA #CAB4C8 #C8CAB4

tetradic

#B4C8CA #C1B4CA #CAB6B4 #BDCAB4

square

#B4C8CA #C1B4CA #CAB6B4 #BDCAB4

split-complementary

#B4C8CA #CAB4BD #CAC1B4

monochromatic

#6C9397 #90AEB1 #B4C8CA #D8E2E3 #EDF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B4C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#B4C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C8CA

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C8CA	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C3CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.022 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad8da',
    500: '#b4c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c8ca;
$custom-light: #cad8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 17.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81827,
    "c": 0.02194,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.55276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C8CA

secondary

#9E8684

accent

#514A9B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C8CA

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

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