#B2BCD9#B2BCD9

#B2BCD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.043 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCD9
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(225, 34%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, 2.54, -15.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 15.88, 279.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.0003 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.043 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8647, 50.4403, 72.7937)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCD9 #D9CFB2

analogous

#B2D0D9 #B2BCD9 #BBB2D9

triadic

#B2BCD9 #D9B2BC #BCD9B2

tetradic

#B2BCD9 #D9B2D0 #D9CFB2 #B2D9BB

square

#B2BCD9 #D9B2D0 #D9CFB2 #B2D9BB

split-complementary

#B2BCD9 #D9BBB2 #D0D9B2

monochromatic

#6075B1 #8998C5 #B2BCD9 #DBE0ED #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B2BCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#B2BCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCD9

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCD9	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.043 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0e4',
    500: '#b2bcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcd9;
$custom-light: #c9d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.615,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.04257,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCD9

secondary

#B0A47F

accent

#8F39AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCD9

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

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