#B2BCDE#B2BCDE

#B2BCDE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.049 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BCDE
RGB	rgb(178, 188, 222)
HSL	hsl(226, 40%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(226, 20%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 3.64, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 18.50, 281.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.002 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.049 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5249, 50.7044, 76.2707)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BCDE #DED4B2

analogous

#B2D2DE #B2BCDE #BEB2DE

triadic

#B2BCDE #DEB2BC #BCDEB2

tetradic

#B2BCDE #DEB2D2 #DED4B2 #B2DEBE

square

#B2BCDE #DEB2D2 #DED4B2 #B2DEBE

split-complementary

#B2BCDE #DEBEB2 #D2DEB2

monochromatic

#5C71B9 #8797CC #B2BCDE #DDE1F0 #EAECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B2BCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B2BCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BCDE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BCDE	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BFE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBBDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 188, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.049 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0e8',
    500: '#b2bcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bcde;
$custom-light: #c9d0e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.364,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79867,
    "c": 0.04944,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BCDE

secondary

#B6AA7E

accent

#9632B3

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131316

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BCDE

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

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