#B2BCD6#B2BCD6

#B2BCD6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.038 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCD6
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 214)
HSL	hsl(223, 31%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 17%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 12.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 1.89, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 14.32, 277.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0008 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.038 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4780, 50.2856, 70.7573)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCD6 #D6CCB2

analogous

#B2CED6 #B2BCD6 #BAB2D6

triadic

#B2BCD6 #D6B2BC #BCD6B2

tetradic

#B2BCD6 #D6B2CE #D6CCB2 #B2D6BA

square

#B2BCD6 #D6B2CE #D6CCB2 #B2D6BA

split-complementary

#B2BCD6 #D6BAB2 #CED6B2

monochromatic

#6277AB #8A99C1 #B2BCD6 #DADFEB #EBEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B2BCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCD6

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCD6	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAC1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.038 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0e2',
    500: '#b2bcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcd6;
$custom-light: #c9d0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.333,
    "s": 30.508,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79583,
    "c": 0.03848,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCD6

secondary

#ADA080

accent

#8B3CA9

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCD6

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

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