#B2BCBE#B2BCBE

#B2BCBE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.011 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCBE
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(190, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(190, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -3.06, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 3.77, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0098 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.011 211)
XYZ	xyz(45.6357, 49.1487, 55.7876)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCBE #BEB4B2

analogous

#B2BEBA #B2BCBE #B2B6BE

triadic

#B2BCBE #BEB2BC #BCBEB2

tetradic

#B2BCBE #BAB2BE #BEB4B2 #B6BEB2

square

#B2BCBE #BAB2BE #BEB4B2 #B6BEB2

split-complementary

#B2BCBE #BEB2B6 #BEBAB2

monochromatic

#708285 #919FA2 #B2BCBE #D3D9DA #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B2BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#B2BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCBE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCBE	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)

#BABBBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.011 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d1',
    500: '#b2bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcbe;
$custom-light: #c9d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.788,
    "c": 0.01148,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.49149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCBE

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#5E5392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCBE

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

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