#B4CDEC#B4CDEC

#B4CDEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.051 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CDEC
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(213, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -1.71, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 18.14, 264.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0142 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.051 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7899, 59.4204, 87.8705)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CDEC #ECD3B4

analogous

#B4E9EC #B4CDEC #B7B4EC

triadic

#B4CDEC #ECB4CD #CDECB4

tetradic

#B4CDEC #ECB4E9 #ECD3B4 #B4ECB7

square

#B4CDEC #ECB4E9 #ECD3B4 #B4ECB7

split-complementary

#B4CDEC #ECB7B4 #E9ECB4

monochromatic

#528CD3 #83ACE0 #B4CDEC #E5EEF8 #E7EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#B4CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#B4CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CDEC

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CDEC	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.051 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcf2',
    500: '#b4cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cdec;
$custom-light: #cbdcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.214,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83989,
    "c": 0.05128,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CDEC

secondary

#C9A67B

accent

#7C1EC7

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFBFE

border

#D3D4D6

text

#131516

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CDEC

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

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