#B2BAC4#B2BAC4

#B2BAC4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.017 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAC4
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(213, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(213, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -0.80, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 6.05, 262.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0046 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.017 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8807, 48.5678, 59.1712)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAC4 #C4BCB2

analogous

#B2C3C4 #B2BAC4 #B3B2C4

triadic

#B2BAC4 #C4B2BA #BAC4B2

tetradic

#B2BAC4 #C4B2C3 #C4BCB2 #B2C4B3

square

#B2BAC4 #C4B2C3 #C4BCB2 #B2C4B3

split-complementary

#B2BAC4 #C4B3B2 #C3C4B2

monochromatic

#6D7C8E #8F9BA9 #B2BAC4 #D5D9DF #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2BAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B2BAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAC4

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAC4	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)

#B7BAC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.017 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced5',
    500: '#b2bac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bac4;
$custom-light: #c9ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78571,
    "c": 0.01676,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAC4

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#774E97

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAC4

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

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