#B2BCDB#B2BCDB

#B2BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.045 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCDB
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(225, 36%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(225, 19%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 2.98, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 16.93, 280.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.001 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.045 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1264, 50.5450, 74.1720)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCDB #DBD1B2

analogous

#B2D0DB #B2BCDB #BCB2DB

triadic

#B2BCDB #DBB2BC #BCDBB2

tetradic

#B2BCDB #DBB2D0 #DBD1B2 #B2DBBC

square

#B2BCDB #DBB2D0 #DBD1B2 #B2DBBC

split-complementary

#B2BCDB #DBBCB2 #D0DBB2

monochromatic

#5F73B4 #8898C8 #B2BCDB #DCE0EE #EAEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B2BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#B2BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCDB

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCDB	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.045 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0e6',
    500: '#b2bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcdb;
$custom-light: #c9d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.366,
    "s": 36.283,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79759,
    "c": 0.04531,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCDB

secondary

#B3A67F

accent

#9236AF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131315

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCDB

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

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