#B4CBE0#B4CBE0

#B4CBE0 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.039 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CBE0
RGB	rgb(180, 203, 224)
HSL	hsl(209, 42%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(209, 20%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -3.32, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 13.41, 255.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0158 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.039 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6294, 57.7956, 78.8367)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CBE0 #E0C9B4

analogous

#B4E0DF #B4CBE0 #B4B5E0

triadic

#B4CBE0 #E0B4CB #CBE0B4

tetradic

#B4CBE0 #DFB4E0 #E0C9B4 #B5E0B4

square

#B4CBE0 #DFB4E0 #E0C9B4 #B5E0B4

split-complementary

#B4CBE0 #E0B4B5 #E0DFB4

monochromatic

#5D8FBC #89ADCE #B4CBE0 #DFE9F2 #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B4CBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#B4CBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CBE0

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CBE0	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CBE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8D0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 203, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.039 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdae9',
    500: '#b4cbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cbe0;
$custom-light: #cbdae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.636,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8316,
    "c": 0.03865,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CBE0

secondary

#B99B7F

accent

#7031B5

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FAFBFC

border

#D3D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#838384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CBE0

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

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