#B2B6BE#B2B6BE

#B2B6BE is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.012 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B6BE
RGB	rgb(178, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(220, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(220, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, 0.15, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 4.54, 271.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0012 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.012 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.3805, 46.6383, 55.3692)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B6BE #BEBAB2

analogous

#B2BCBE #B2B6BE #B4B2BE

triadic

#B2B6BE #BEB2B6 #B6BEB2

tetradic

#B2B6BE #BEB2BC #BEBAB2 #B2BEB4

square

#B2B6BE #BEB2BC #BEBAB2 #B2BEB4

split-complementary

#B2B6BE #BEB4B2 #BCBEB2

monochromatic

#707785 #9197A2 #B2B6BE #D3D5DA #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B2B6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B2B6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B6BE

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B6BE	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.012 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cbd1',
    500: '#b2b6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b6be;
$custom-light: #c9cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77553,
    "c": 0.01219,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B6BE

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#7D5392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B6BE

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

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