#B2BDCD#B2BDCD

#B2BDCD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.026 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDCD
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(216, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(216, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -0.56, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 9.35, 266.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0055 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.026 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5746, 50.2672, 64.9419)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDCD #CDC2B2

analogous

#B2CACD #B2BDCD #B5B2CD

triadic

#B2BDCD #CDB2BD #BDCDB2

tetradic

#B2BDCD #CDB2CA #CDC2B2 #B2CDB5

square

#B2BDCD #CDB2CA #CDC2B2 #B2CDB5

split-complementary

#B2BDCD #CDB5B2 #CACDB2

monochromatic

#687D9D #8D9DB5 #B2BDCD #D7DDE5 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B2BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDCD

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDCD	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.026 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0dc',
    500: '#b2bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdcd;
$custom-light: #c9d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79483,
    "c": 0.02574,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDCD

secondary

#A29581

accent

#7B46A0

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDCD

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

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