#B2BDCE#B2BDCE

#B2BDCE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.027 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDCE
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(216, 22%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(216, 14%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -0.35, -9.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 9.83, 267.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0051 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.027 259)
XYZ	xyz(47.6957, 50.3157, 65.5796)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDCE #CEC3B2

analogous

#B2CBCE #B2BDCE #B5B2CE

triadic

#B2BDCE #CEB2BD #BDCEB2

tetradic

#B2BDCE #CEB2CB #CEC3B2 #B2CEB5

square

#B2BDCE #CEB2CB #CEC3B2 #B2CEB5

split-complementary

#B2BDCE #CEB5B2 #CBCEB2

monochromatic

#677D9E #8D9DB6 #B2BDCE #D7DDE6 #ECEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B2BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDCE

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDCE	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.027 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0dd',
    500: '#b2bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdce;
$custom-light: #c9d0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.429,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79516,
    "c": 0.027,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.50316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDCE

secondary

#A39681

accent

#7D45A1

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDCE

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

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