#B2B6C8#B2B6C8

#B2B6C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.026 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B6C8
RGB	rgb(178, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(229, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(229, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, 2.17, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 9.81, 282.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0026 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.026 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5112, 47.0906, 61.3241)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B6C8 #C8C4B2

analogous

#B2C1C8 #B2B6C8 #B9B2C8

triadic

#B2B6C8 #C8B2B6 #B6C8B2

tetradic

#B2B6C8 #C8B2C1 #C8C4B2 #B2C8B9

square

#B2B6C8 #C8B2C1 #C8C4B2 #B2C8B9

split-complementary

#B2B6C8 #C8B9B2 #C1C8B2

monochromatic

#6B7295 #8E94AF #B2B6C8 #D6D8E2 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B2B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#B2B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B6C8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B6C8	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.026 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cbd8',
    500: '#b2b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b6c8;
$custom-light: #c9cbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.02588,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B6C8

secondary

#E8E7E3

accent

#8C4B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B6C8

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

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