#B2BAC6#B2BAC6

#B2BAC6 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.019 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAC6
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 198)
HSL	hsl(216, 15%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(216, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -0.40, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 7.01, 266.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0039 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.019 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1099, 48.6595, 60.3781)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAC6 #C6BEB2

analogous

#B2C4C6 #B2BAC6 #B4B2C6

triadic

#B2BAC6 #C6B2BA #BAC6B2

tetradic

#B2BAC6 #C6B2C4 #C6BEB2 #B2C6B4

square

#B2BAC6 #C6B2C4 #C6BEB2 #B2C6B4

split-complementary

#B2BAC6 #C6B4B2 #C4C6B2

monochromatic

#6C7B92 #8F9AAC #B2BAC6 #D5DAE0 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B2BAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B2BAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAC6

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAC6	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BAC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.019 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced7',
    500: '#b2bac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bac6;
$custom-light: #c9ced7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 14.925,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78635,
    "c": 0.01921,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAC6

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#7A4C99

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAC6

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

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