#B4DCED#B4DCED

#B4DCED is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.048 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4DCED
RGB	rgb(180, 220, 237)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -9.33, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 15.69, 233.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0336 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.048 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6972, 67.0019, 89.8916)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4DCED #EDC5B4

analogous

#B4EDE2 #B4DCED #B4C0ED

triadic

#B4DCED #EDB4DC #DCEDB4

tetradic

#B4DCED #E2B4ED #EDC5B4 #C0EDB4

square

#B4DCED #E2B4ED #EDC5B4 #C0EDB4

split-complementary

#B4DCED #EDB4C0 #EDE2B4

monochromatic

#51AED5 #83C5E1 #B4DCED #E5F3F9 #E6F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#B4DCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#B4DCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4DCED

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4DCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4DCED	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAD3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4dced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 220, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.048 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbe6f2',
    500: '#b4dced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4dced;
$custom-light: #cbe6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4dced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.895,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87139,
    "c": 0.04804,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4DCED

secondary

#CA937B

accent

#501DC9

background

#FEFEFF

surface

#FAFCFE

border

#D3D5D6

text

#131617

muted

#838485

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4DCED

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

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