#B2B4C8#B2B4C8

#B2B4C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.028 H 281.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B4C8
RGB	rgb(178, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(235, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(235, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 3.25, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 10.85, 287.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0055 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.028 281.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1045, 46.2772, 61.1885)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B4C8 #C8C6B2

analogous

#B2BFC8 #B2B4C8 #BBB2C8

triadic

#B2B4C8 #C8B2B4 #B4C8B2

tetradic

#B2B4C8 #C8B2BF #C8C6B2 #B2C8BB

square

#B2B4C8 #C8B2BF #C8C6B2 #B2C8BB

split-complementary

#B2B4C8 #C8BBB2 #BFC8B2

monochromatic

#6B6E95 #8E91AF #B2B4C8 #D6D7E2 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B2B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B2B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B4C8

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B4C8	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.028 281.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cad8',
    500: '#b2b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b4c8;
$custom-light: #c9cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77467,
    "c": 0.0284,
    "h": 281.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B4C8

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#944B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B4C8

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

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