#B2BAD6#B2BAD6

#B2BAD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.041 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BAD6
RGB	rgb(178, 186, 214)
HSL	hsl(227, 31%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(227, 17%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 2.97, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 15.27, 281.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% 0.002 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.041 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.0537, 49.4370, 70.6159)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BAD6 #D6CEB2

analogous

#B2CCD6 #B2BAD6 #BCB2D6

triadic

#B2BAD6 #D6B2BA #BAD6B2

tetradic

#B2BAD6 #D6B2CC #D6CEB2 #B2D6BC

square

#B2BAD6 #D6B2CC #D6CEB2 #B2D6BC

split-complementary

#B2BAD6 #D6BCB2 #CCD6B2

monochromatic

#6272AB #8A96C1 #B2BAD6 #DADEEB #EBEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B2BAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#B2BAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BAD6

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BAD6	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BCD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AABFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 186, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.041 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9cee2',
    500: '#b2bad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bad6;
$custom-light: #c9cee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 30.508,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79174,
    "c": 0.04067,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BAD6

secondary

#EBE9E0

accent

#913CA9

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BAD6

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

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