#B2B8CE#B2B8CE

#B2B8CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8CE
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(227, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, 2.34, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 12.01, 281.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.002 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6387, 48.2016, 65.2273)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8CE #CEC8B2

analogous

#B2C6CE #B2B8CE #BAB2CE

triadic

#B2B8CE #CEB2B8 #B8CEB2

tetradic

#B2B8CE #CEB2C6 #CEC8B2 #B2CEBA

square

#B2B8CE #CEB2C6 #CEC8B2 #B2CEBA

split-complementary

#B2B8CE #CEBAB2 #C6CEB2

monochromatic

#67739E #8D96B6 #B2B8CE #D7DAE6 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B2B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#B2B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8CE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8CE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACBCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cddd',
    500: '#b2b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8ce;
$custom-light: #c9cddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78488,
    "c": 0.03189,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8CE

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8D45A1

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8CE

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

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