#B4CED8#B4CED8

#B4CED8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.031 H 223.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CED8
RGB	rgb(180, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(197, 17%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -6.61, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 10.29, 230.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0229 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.031 223)
XYZ	xyz(53.2852, 58.8024, 73.4950)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CED8 #D8BEB4

analogous

#B4D8D0 #B4CED8 #B4BCD8

triadic

#B4CED8 #D8B4CE #CED8B4

tetradic

#B4CED8 #D0B4D8 #D8BEB4 #BCD8B4

square

#B4CED8 #D0B4D8 #D8BEB4 #BCD8B4

split-complementary

#B4CED8 #D8B4BC #D8D0B4

monochromatic

#6399AE #8CB4C3 #B4CED8 #DCE8ED #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#B4CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#B4CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CED8

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CED8	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)

#C8CCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C8D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAD1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.031 223.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadde4',
    500: '#b4ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4ced8;
$custom-light: #cadde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83522,
    "c": 0.03129,
    "h": 223
  },
  "luminance": 0.58804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CED8

secondary

#AF8E81

accent

#5A3BAA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FCFC

border

#D2D5D5

text

#131515

muted

#828484

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CED8

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

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