#B2BAD0#B2BAD0

#B2BAD0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.032 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAD0
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(224, 24%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 14%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 1.68, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 12.12, 277.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0001 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.032 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3016, 49.1362, 66.6544)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAD0 #D0C8B2

analogous

#B2C9D0 #B2BAD0 #B9B2D0

triadic

#B2BAD0 #D0B2BA #BAD0B2

tetradic

#B2BAD0 #D0B2C9 #D0C8B2 #B2D0B9

square

#B2BAD0 #D0B2C9 #D0C8B2 #B2D0B9

split-complementary

#B2BAD0 #D0B9B2 #C9D0B2

monochromatic

#6676A2 #8C98B9 #B2BAD0 #D8DCE7 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B2BAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B2BAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAD0

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAD0	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABBEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.032 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cede',
    500: '#b2bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bad0;
$custom-light: #c9cede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 24.194,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78966,
    "c": 0.03243,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAD0

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8943A3

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAD0

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

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