#B2B8CA#B2B8CA

#B2B8CA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.026 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8CA
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(225, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(225, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, 1.50, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 9.90, 278.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% 0.0005 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.026 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1589, 48.0097, 62.7006)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8CA #CAC4B2

analogous

#B2C4CA #B2B8CA #B8B2CA

triadic

#B2B8CA #CAB2B8 #B8CAB2

tetradic

#B2B8CA #CAB2C4 #CAC4B2 #B2CAB8

square

#B2B8CA #CAB2C4 #CAC4B2 #B2CAB8

split-complementary

#B2B8CA #CAB8B2 #C4CAB2

monochromatic

#6A7598 #8E97B1 #B2B8CA #D6D9E3 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B2B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#B2B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8CA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8CA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.026 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cdda',
    500: '#b2b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8ca;
$custom-light: #c9cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78353,
    "c": 0.02637,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8CA

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#88499D

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8CA

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

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