#B2BDD9#B2BDD9

#B2BDD9 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.042 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDD9
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 217)
HSL	hsl(223, 34%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(223, 18%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 12.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 2.00, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 15.41, 277.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0011 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.042 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0790, 50.8690, 72.8651)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDD9 #D9CEB2

analogous

#B2D0D9 #B2BDD9 #BBB2D9

triadic

#B2BDD9 #D9B2BD #BDD9B2

tetradic

#B2BDD9 #D9B2D0 #D9CEB2 #B2D9BB

square

#B2BDD9 #D9B2D0 #D9CEB2 #B2D9BB

split-complementary

#B2BDD9 #D9BBB2 #D0D9B2

monochromatic

#6077B1 #899AC5 #B2BDD9 #DBE0ED #EBEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B2BDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B2BDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDD9

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDD9	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.042 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d0e4',
    500: '#b2bdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdd9;
$custom-light: #c9d0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.077,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79892,
    "c": 0.04151,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDD9

secondary

#B0A27F

accent

#8C39AD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDD9

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

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