#B4DFEDPolar Wind (#B4DFED) is a very light, muted sky blue with an OKLCH hue of 220°, lightness 0.88 and chroma 0.049. It sits on the cool side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #B4DFED |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(180, 223, 237) |
| HSL | hsl(195, 61%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(195, 24%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(24%, 6%, 0%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.3 -10.9 -11.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.878 0.049 220) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Polar Wind shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green, loses intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward blue. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c0dade — ΔE 2.3, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green, loses intensity#bde0e8 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward blue-green#b4dfed — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#b4e0f0 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward blueTest Polar Wind in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.43:1 and against black 14.72:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#def7ff · #b4dfed · #84a9b5 · #62838d · #415e68 · #233c44
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#b4dfed · #96cbec · #91b4db · #8c9dc7 · #8687b0 · #7e7298
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b4dfed · #aeb6cf · #6aa1b3 · #6a77a7 · #326574 · #3a4158
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#b4dfed · #c18975 · #63747a · #375762 · #1d3942 · #0b1d22
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#b4dfed · #c0b8b5 · #798488 · #524d4b · #162226 · #030101
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#b4dfed · #8ea3aa · #2f4952 · #0f2c35 · #00090f · #ef6a39
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#b4dfed · #8ea3aa · #2f4952 · #0f2c35 · #00090f · #ecbd4d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#edf1cb · #b4dfed · #d4995f · #6e7ba3 · #5c393b · #04100f
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b4dfed · #c7b5af · #a2737a · #68461a · #381019 · #130600
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#b4dfed · #c4b4be · #9b748e · #584f17 · #262000 · #040002
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#b4dfed · #beb6c5 · #8d789d · #713f2e · #152501 · #0d0100
#BDE3EF · #C7E7F2 · #D0EBF4 · #D9EFF7 · #E2F3F9
#90B6C3 · #6D8F9A · #4C6A73 · #2D474F · #10262D
#BCDDE8 · #C3DCE4 · #CBDADF
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.