#B4CED5#B4CED5

#B4CED5 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.030 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CED5
RGB	rgb(180, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(193, 28%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(193, 15%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -7.24, -6.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 9.67, 221.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.024 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.03 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9009, 58.6487, 71.4711)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CED5 #D5BBB4

analogous

#B4D5CC #B4CED5 #B4BED5

triadic

#B4CED5 #D5B4CE #CED5B4

tetradic

#B4CED5 #CCB4D5 #D5BBB4 #BED5B4

square

#B4CED5 #CCB4D5 #D5BBB4 #BED5B4

split-complementary

#B4CED5 #D5B4BE #D5CCB4

monochromatic

#669BA9 #8DB4BF #B4CED5 #DBE8EB #EBF2F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B4CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#B4CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CED5

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CED5	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CCD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABD1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.030 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde1',
    500: '#b4ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ced5;
$custom-light: #cadde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83427,
    "c": 0.02963,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CED5

secondary

#AB8B82

accent

#553FA7

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CED5

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

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