#B2BCDD#B2BCDD

#B2BCDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.048 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCDD
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 221)
HSL	hsl(226, 39%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(226, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 3.42, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 17.98, 280.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0017 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.048 272)
XYZ	xyz(49.3913, 50.6509, 75.5670)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCDD #DDD3B2

analogous

#B2D1DD #B2BCDD #BDB2DD

triadic

#B2BCDD #DDB2BC #BCDDB2

tetradic

#B2BCDD #DDB2D1 #DDD3B2 #B2DDBD

square

#B2BCDD #DDB2D1 #DDD3B2 #B2DDBD

split-complementary

#B2BCDD #DDBDB2 #D1DDB2

monochromatic

#5D72B8 #8897CA #B2BCDD #DCE1F0 #EAEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B2BCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#B2BCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCDD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCDD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.048 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0e7',
    500: '#b2bcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcdd;
$custom-light: #c9d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.047,
    "s": 38.739,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.04807,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.50652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCDD

secondary

#B5A87E

accent

#9434B2

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCDD

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

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