#B2B9CD#B2B9CD

#B2B9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2B9CD
RGB	rgb(178, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(224, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(224, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 1.59, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 11.01, 278.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0002 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.029 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7260, 48.5701, 64.6590)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2B9CD #CDC6B2

analogous

#B2C7CD #B2B9CD #B8B2CD

triadic

#B2B9CD #CDB2B9 #B9CDB2

tetradic

#B2B9CD #CDB2C7 #CDC6B2 #B2CDB8

square

#B2B9CD #CDB2C7 #CDC6B2 #B2CDB8

split-complementary

#B2B9CD #CDB8B2 #C7CDB2

monochromatic

#68769D #8D97B5 #B2B9CD #D7DBE5 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B2B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2B9CD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2B9CD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACBDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cedc',
    500: '#b2b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2b9cd;
$custom-light: #c9cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.444,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78659,
    "c": 0.0294,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2B9CD

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#8846A0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2B9CD

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

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