#B2B8D6#B2B8D6

#B2B8D6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.043 H 276.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B8D6
RGB	rgb(178, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(230, 31%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(230, 17%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 4.05, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 16.27, 284.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0048 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.043 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6353, 48.6003, 70.4764)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B8D6 #D6D0B2

analogous

#B2CAD6 #B2B8D6 #BEB2D6

triadic

#B2B8D6 #D6B2B8 #B8D6B2

tetradic

#B2B8D6 #D6B2CA #D6D0B2 #B2D6BE

square

#B2B8D6 #D6B2CA #D6D0B2 #B2D6BE

split-complementary

#B2B8D6 #D6BEB2 #CAD6B2

monochromatic

#626EAB #8A93C1 #B2B8D6 #DADDEB #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2B8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#B2B8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B8D6

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B8D6	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.043 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cde2',
    500: '#b2b8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b8d6;
$custom-light: #c9cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 30.508,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78767,
    "c": 0.04305,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B8D6

secondary

#EBE9E0

accent

#973CA9

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B8D6

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

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