#B2BAC8#B2BAC8

#B2BAC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.022 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAC8
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(218, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, 0.01, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 8.01, 270.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0031 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.022 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3421, 48.7524, 61.6010)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAC8 #C8C0B2

analogous

#B2C5C8 #B2BAC8 #B5B2C8

triadic

#B2BAC8 #C8B2BA #BAC8B2

tetradic

#B2BAC8 #C8B2C5 #C8C0B2 #B2C8B5

square

#B2BAC8 #C8B2C5 #C8C0B2 #B2C8B5

split-complementary

#B2BAC8 #C8B5B2 #C5C8B2

monochromatic

#6B7A95 #8E9AAF #B2BAC8 #D6DAE2 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B2BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B2BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAC8

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAC8	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.022 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9ced8',
    500: '#b2bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bac8;
$custom-light: #c9ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.02175,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAC8

secondary

#E8E6E3

accent

#7E4B9B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FA

border

#D1D2D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAC8

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

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