#B4CAF9#B4CAF9

#B4CAF9 is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.070 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CAF9
RGB	rgb(180, 202, 249)
HSL	hsl(221, 85%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(221, 28%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 18.9%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, 2.89, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 25.69, 276.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0058 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.07 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.0370, 58.7820, 97.9451)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CAF9 #F9E3B4

analogous

#B4ECF9 #B4CAF9 #C1B4F9

triadic

#B4CAF9 #F9B4CA #CAF9B4

tetradic

#B4CAF9 #F9B4EC #F9E3B4 #B4F9C1

square

#B4CAF9 #F9B4EC #F9E3B4 #B4F9C1

split-complementary

#B4CAF9 #F9C1B4 #ECF9B4

monochromatic

#437AF0 #7BA2F4 #B4CAF9 #E3EBFD #E3EBFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B4CAF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#B4CAF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CAF9

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CAF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CAF9	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCDFB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C7F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1D3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4caf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 202, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.070 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdafb',
    500: '#b4caf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4caf9;
$custom-light: #cbdafb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4caf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.87,
    "s": 85.185,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83857,
    "c": 0.07037,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CAF9

secondary

#DCBB75

accent

#9B04E2

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFF

border

#D3D4D7

text

#131417

muted

#838385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CAF9

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

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