#B2BABE#B2BABE

#B2BABE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.011 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BABE
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(200, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -1.99, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 3.59, 236.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.007 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.011 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2114, 48.3001, 55.6462)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BABE #BEB6B2

analogous

#B2BEBC #B2BABE #B2B4BE

triadic

#B2BABE #BEB2BA #BABEB2

tetradic

#B2BABE #BCB2BE #BEB6B2 #B4BEB2

square

#B2BABE #BCB2BE #BEB6B2 #B4BEB2

split-complementary

#B2BABE #BEB2B4 #BEBCB2

monochromatic

#707E85 #919CA2 #B2BABE #D3D8DA #EEF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B2BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#B2BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BABE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BABE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.011 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced1',
    500: '#b2babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2babe;
$custom-light: #c9ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.0106,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BABE

secondary

#E7E5E4

accent

#685392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131314

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BABE

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

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