#B4CAC4#B4CAC4

#B4CAC4 is a very light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.025 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CAC4
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 196)
HSL	hsl(164, 17%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(164, 11%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -8.58, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 8.60, 176.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0252 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.025 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9044, 55.9290, 60.3800)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CAC4 #CAB4BA

analogous

#B4CAB9 #B4CAC4 #B4C5CA

triadic

#B4CAC4 #C4B4CA #CAC4B4

tetradic

#B4CAC4 #B9B4CA #CAB4BA #C5CAB4

square

#B4CAC4 #B9B4CA #CAB4BA #C5CAB4

split-complementary

#B4CAC4 #CAB4C5 #CAB9B4

monochromatic

#6C978C #90B1A8 #B4CAC4 #D8E3E0 #EDF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#B4CAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#B4CAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CAC4

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CAC4	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.025 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadad5',
    500: '#b4cac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cac4;
$custom-light: #cadad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.636,
    "s": 17.187,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8207,
    "c": 0.02523,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CAC4

secondary

#9E848B

accent

#4A609B

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CAC4

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

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