Close to Cambridge Blue

#B4BCA2

#B4BCA2 is a light, soft, grayish green, close to the color Cambridge Blue. In RGB it’s made of 70.6% red, 73.7% green, and 63.5% blue. Its hue is 78°, with 16% saturation and 69% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

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Contrast & readability

WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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1.97:1 Fail
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This color as text on black

10.66:1 AAA

How it looks with color blindness

About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #B4BCA2 as they’d see it.

Typical vision#B4BCA2
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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Questions about #B4BCA2

What color is #B4BCA2?

#B4BCA2 is a light, soft, grayish green, close to the color Cambridge Blue. In RGB it’s made of 70.6% red, 73.7% green, and 63.5% blue. Its hue is 78°, with 16% saturation and 69% lightness, so it reads as a cool color. Black text sits best on top of it.

What is #B4BCA2 in RGB?

#B4BCA2 is rgb(180, 188, 162): 180 red, 188 green, and 162 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #B4BCA2 in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(4, 0, 14, 26). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #B4BCA2?

PANTONE 452 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #B4BCA2?

Its complement #BDB5CF gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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