#B2BDBF#B2BDBF

#B2BDBF is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.013 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDBF
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(189, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -3.40, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 4.11, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0109 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.013 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9597, 49.6213, 56.4366)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDBF #BFB4B2

analogous

#B2BFBB #B2BDBF #B2B7BF

triadic

#B2BDBF #BFB2BD #BDBFB2

tetradic

#B2BDBF #BBB2BF #BFB4B2 #B7BFB2

square

#B2BDBF #BBB2BF #BFB4B2 #B7BFB2

split-complementary

#B2BDBF #BFB2B7 #BFBBB2

monochromatic

#708387 #91A0A3 #B2BDBF #D3DADB #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B2BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B2BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDBF

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDBF	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.013 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0d2',
    500: '#b2bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdbf;
$custom-light: #c9d0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7904,
    "c": 0.01254,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDBF

secondary

#E7E4E4

accent

#5C5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131414

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDBF

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

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