#B2B8BE#B2B8BE

#B2B8BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.011 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8BE
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(210, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(210, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -0.92, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 3.87, 256.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0041 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.011 248)
XYZ	xyz(44.7930, 47.4633, 55.5067)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8BE #BEB8B2

analogous

#B2BEBE #B2B8BE #B2B2BE

triadic

#B2B8BE #BEB2B8 #B8BEB2

tetradic

#B2B8BE #BEB2BE #BEB8B2 #B2BEB2

square

#B2B8BE #BEB2BE #BEB8B2 #B2BEB2

split-complementary

#B2B8BE #BEB2B2 #BEBEB2

monochromatic

#707B85 #9199A2 #B2B8BE #D3D7DA #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B2B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B2B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8BE

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8BE	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFB9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.011 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdd1',
    500: '#b2b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8be;
$custom-light: #c9cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77967,
    "c": 0.01085,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.47464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8BE

secondary

#E7E6E4

accent

#735392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8BE

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

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