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#b4bdff Hex Color Code

#b4bdff Paint ChipThe hexadecimal color code #b4bdff is a very light shade of blue. In the RGB color model #b4bdff is composed of 70.59% red, 74.12% green and 100.0% blue. In the HSL color space #b4bdff has a hue of 233° (degrees), 100% saturation and 85% lightness. Its estimated dominant wavelength relative to D65 white is 468.96 nm.

Color Variations

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Color Schemes

Download: GIMP GPL Adobe ASE (Adobe Swatch Exchange) Sketch Palette CSS Custom Properties Design Tokens (DTCG JSON) Procreate Swatches (first 30 colors) Photoshop ACO (Color Swatches)

#b4bdff linear gradient to complementary #c3c582

  1. #b4bdff
  2. #babeea
  3. #bebfd6
  4. #c1c1c1
  5. #c3c2ac
  6. #c3c497
  7. #c3c582

Monochromatic Colors

  1. #8e98d8
  2. #9ba4e5
  3. #a7b1f2
  4. #b4bdff
  5. #c5caff
  6. #d5d8ff
  7. #e4e6ff

Tones

  1. #b4bdff
  2. #b7bef5
  3. #babeea
  4. #bcbfe0
  5. #bec0d6
  6. #c0c0cb
  7. #c1c1c1

Tints and Shades

#b4bdff to white

  1. #b4bdff
  2. #c1c8ff
  3. #ced3ff
  4. #dbddff
  5. #e7e9ff
  6. #f3f4ff
  7. #ffffff / #fff

#b4bdff to black

  1. #b4bdff
  2. #949bd0
  3. #747aa2
  4. #575a77
  5. #3b3c4e
  6. #202129
  7. #000000 / #000

Paints

Match distances use ΔE′ CAM16-UCS: lower values mean closer digital swatches. These values are not interchangeable with CIE76 or CIEDE2000 and do not guarantee a physical paint match. LRV is estimated from the digital sRGB swatch, not a manufacturer measurement of physical paint.

Paint colors are digital approximations; actual paint and lighting may differ.

Similar Paints

  1. Caparol

    ★ Aquarell 85 / 85 10 270
    #b4b8f8
    Undertone ≈ Cool / Blue

    ΔE′ CAM16-UCS = 2.063 / LRV ≈ 50.8% (Δ = -2.6, darker)
  2. Plascon

    ★ Space Box B6-B2-2
    #b0b8f4
    Undertone ≈ Cool / Blue

    ΔE′ CAM16-UCS = 2.308 / LRV ≈ 50.0% (Δ = -3.3, darker)

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Simulations are approximations: color vision varies from person to person, and screens and lighting change how colors look. Rod vision shows lightness as people with complete achromatopsia see it: reds look darker and blue-greens lighter. Red-green figures are for people of Northern European descent; rates vary with ancestry.

#b4bdff Contrast Ratios

BackgroundWCAG 2.2Normal textLarge textNon-text UINearest passing shade (4.5:1)Color Blindness Simulation
#ffffff1.8:1FailFailFail#6c72afMay be hard to distinguish
#00000011.66:1AAAAAAAA
Complement #c3c5821.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Analogous #84c8ff1.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Analogous #dfb1ed1.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Split Complementary #9dce951.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Split Complementary #e3bb811.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Triad #76d2b31.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Triad #fab0911.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Square #ffabaf1.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Square #56d3d51.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
Tetradic #faa9cf1.0:1FailFailFail#464a84May be hard to distinguish
How the checker works

Large text: at least 18 pt, or 14 pt bold. Ratios are rounded for display; pass/fail uses the full value.

Adjusts OkLCh lightness with hue and chroma fixed before sRGB clipping and rounding. The suggested hex is checked again.

Simulated CIE76 ΔE below 10 triggers a conservative warning. This is an approximation, not a WCAG requirement; never rely on color alone.

#b4bdff HTML / CSS Code Examples

#b4bdff foreground

A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.

<p style="color: #b4bdff">…</p>

#b4bdff background

Accuracy is essential to beauty, and quick perceptions to politeness, but not too quick perceptions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
<p style="background-color: #b4bdff">…</p>

#b4bdff shadow

A bow long bent at last waxeth weak.

<p style="text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.15em #b4bdff">…</p>

Color Charts

Color Space Conversions

Input: opaque 8-bit sRGB; CIE 1931 2° observer. XYZ and CIELab/LCh use D65 unless marked D50; D50 conversions use Bradford adaptation. XYZ white is Y = 100, or Y = 1 for CSS and u′v′Y. Displayed coordinates are rounded.

Match distances use ΔE′ CAM16-UCS: lower values mean closer digital swatches. These values are not interchangeable with CIE76 or CIEDE2000 and do not guarantee a physical paint match.

Y′CbCr values are normalized coordinates or unquantized 10-bit limited-range code values.

CIECAM02 and CAM02-UCS: D65; LA = 40 cd/m²; Yb = 20 (Yw = 100); F = 1, c = 0.69, Nc = 1.

CAM16 and CAM16-UCS: D65; LA = 40 cd/m²; Yb = 20 (Yw = 100); average surround (F = 1, c = 0.69, Nc = 1).

HCT (Material Color Utilities): D65; LA ≈ 11.73 cd/m²; Yb = 18.42 (Yw = 100); F = 1, c = 0.69, Nc = 1; T = L*.

JzAzBz and JzCzHz use white at 1 cd/m². This luminance convention is separate from the BT.2100 preset.

ACES values use a colorimetric conversion with Bradford adaptation; they do not reconstruct scene exposure.

BT.2100 PQ/HLG and ICtCp assume sRGB white at 203 cd/m². HLG: peak 1000 cd/m², black 0 cd/m², system gamma 1.2, reference surround.

Decimal
11845119
Binary
10110100, 10111101, 11111111
Hexadecimal
#b4bdff
LRV
≈ 53.3%
LRV is estimated from the digital sRGB swatch, not a manufacturer measurement of physical paint.
Closest short hex
#abf ΔE′ CAM16-UCS = 2.589 / ΔLRV = -2.0 (darker)
RGB
rgb(180, 189, 255)
RGBA
rgba(180, 189, 255, 1.0)
Adobe RGB (1998)
R: 0.71038, G: 0.73552, B: 0.99065
rg chromaticity
r: 0.288, g: 0.303, b: 0.409
RYB
red: 70.588%, yellow: 73.739%, blue: 100.0%
Android / android.graphics.Color
-4932097 / 0xffb4bdff
HSL
hsl(232.8, 100%, 85.29412%)
HSLA
hsla(232.8, 100%, 85.29412%, 1.0)
HSV / HSB
hue: 233° (232.8), saturation: 29% (0.294), value: 100% (1.0)
HSP
hue: 232.8, saturation: 29.412%, perceived brightness: 76.514%
HSLuv (HUSL)
H: 261.63, S: 99.986, L: 78.062
Cubehelix
H: -129.14, S: 0.676, L: 0.759
TSL
T: -2.654, S: 0.073, L: 0.76
CMYK
cyan: 29% (0.294), magenta: 26% (0.259), yellow: 0% (0.0), key: 0% (0.0)
CMYK is a simple RGB-derived approximation without an ICC printer profile; it is not a printing specification.
CMY
cyan: 29% (0.294), magenta: 26% (0.259), yellow: 0% (0.0)
XYZ D65 / Y=100
X: 55.065, Y: 53.317, Z: 101.978
xyY
x: 0.262, y: 0.253, Y: 53.317
CIELab D65
L: 78.062, a: 11.382, b: -33.504
CIELuv
L: 78.062, u: -8.203, v: -55.752
CIELCH / LCHab D65
L: 78.062, C: 35.385, H: 288.764
CIELUV / LCHuv
L: 78.062, C: 56.353, H: 261.63
Hunter-Lab
L: 73.018, a: 6.829, b: -31.692
CIECAM02
J: 70.627, C: 39.309, h: -89.753, Q: 165.575, M: 34.375, s: 45.564, H: 316.561
CAM16 JCh
lightness: 71.364, chroma: 37.185, hue: 279.759
CAM16 JMh
lightness: 71.364, colorfulness: 32.518, hue: 279.759
CAM16 Jsh
lightness: 71.364, saturation: 44.2, hue: 279.759
CAM16 QCh
perceived brightness: 166.447, chroma: 37.185, hue: 279.759
CAM16 QMh
perceived brightness: 166.447, colorfulness: 32.518, hue: 279.759
CAM16 Qsh
perceived brightness: 166.447, saturation: 44.2, hue: 279.759
CAM16 UCS JMh
lightness: 80.904, colorfulness: 24.329, hue: 279.759
CAM16 UCS Jab
lightness: 80.904, a: 4.124, b: -23.977
HCT
H: 279.171, C: 37.56, T: 78.063
OSA-UCS
lightness: -10.237, jaune: -5.929, green: -0.034
LMS
L: 46.695, M: 52.384, S: 101.176
YCbCr / BT.601 / sRGB / 8-bit [16–235, 16–240]
Y: 182.506, Cb: 158.306, Cr: 119.363
YCoCg
Y: 203.25, Cg: -14.25, Co: 26.25
YDbDr
Y: 193.833, Db: 92.028, Dr: 26.319
YPbPr
Y: 191.835, Pb: 34.035, Pr: -7.536
xvYCC
Y: 180.752, Cb: 157.897, Cr: 121.38
YIQ
Y: 193.833, I: -26.565, Q: 18.632
YUV
Y: 193.833, U: 30.102, V: -12.136
Okhsl
h: 278.095, s: 1.0, l: 0.785
Okhsv
h: 278.095, s: 0.346, v: 1.0
Okhwb
h: 278.095, w: 0.654, b: 0.0
Oklab
oklab(0.81505 0.01318 -0.09268)
OkLCh
oklch(0.81505 0.09362 278.095)
JzAzBz
Jz: 0.01235, Az: 0.00004, Bz: -0.00944
JzCzHz
Jz: 0.01235, Cz: 0.00944, Hz: 270.27038
Linear sRGB
color(srgb-linear 0.456411 0.508881 1.000000)
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.712314 0.740040 0.980020)
Linear Display P3
color(display-p3-linear 0.465725 0.507139 0.955148)
Adobe RGB (1998) / CSS
color(a98-rgb 0.710347 0.735523 0.990757)
ProPhoto RGB / ROMM RGB
color(prophoto-rgb 0.717500 0.693562 0.962223)
Rec.2020 RGB / SDR
color(rec2020 0.747418 0.755875 0.977932)
XYZ D65 / CSS
color(xyz-d65 0.550651 0.533169 1.019783)
XYZ D50 / CSS
color(xyz-d50 0.538062 0.526977 0.769947)
CIELab D50 / CSS
lab(77.696155 7.781538 -33.886780)
CIELCh D50 / CSS
lch(77.696155 34.768753 282.932817)
HWB
hwb(232.800000 70.588235% 0.000000%)
Rec.709 RGB / OETF
R′: 0.673073, G′: 0.711837, B′: 1.000000
eciRGB v2
R: 0.754632, G: 0.753725, B: 0.989434
CIE 1976 u′v′Y / Y=1
u′: 0.189756, v′: 0.413397, Y: 0.533169
CAM02-UCS
J′: 80.344365, a′: 0.109498, b′: -25.382293
Y′CbCr BT.709 / Y′ [0, 1], Cb/Cr [−0.5, 0.5]
Y′: 0.724401, Cb: 0.148523, Cr: -0.032593
Y′CbCr BT.709 / 10-bit [64–940, 64–960]
Y′: 698.575250, Cb: 645.076488, Cr: 482.796310
Y′CbCr BT.2020 NCL / Y′ [0, 1], Cb/Cr [−0.5, 0.5]
Y′: 0.726111, Cb: 0.131664, Cr: -0.015387
Y′CbCr BT.2020 NCL / 10-bit [64–940, 64–960]
Y′: 700.072990, Cb: 629.971059, Cr: 498.213677
ACEScg / AP1
R: 0.499972, G: 0.511802, B: 0.934971
ACES2065-1 / AP0
R: 0.572919, G: 0.551699, B: 0.935671
ACEScct
R: 0.497712, G: 0.499638, B: 0.549258
BT.2100 PQ / RGB
R′: 0.509014, G′: 0.511729, B′: 0.575098
BT.2100 HLG / RGB
R′: 0.628795, G′: 0.634545, B′: 0.759922
ICtCp / BT.2100 PQ
I: 0.518328, Ct: 0.077341, Cp: -0.026585
ICtCp / BT.2100 HLG
I: 0.648349, Ct: 0.083042, Cp: -0.028884
Munsell Color System
7.5PB 8/6 ΔE′ CAM16-UCS = 6.028 / ΔLRV = +3.9 (lighter)
Brand Color
Google Cloud Storage / Google Dataflow / Google Dataproc / Google Pub/Sub ΔE′ CAM16-UCS = 8.78 / ΔLRV = +5.3 (lighter)

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