#B2BDEB#B2BDEB

#B2BDEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.066 H 274.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BDEB
RGB	rgb(178, 189, 235)
HSL	hsl(228, 59%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(228, 24%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, 6.05, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 24.85, 284.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% 0.005 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.066 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5492, 51.8571, 85.8746)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BDEB #EBE0B2

analogous

#B2D9EB #B2BDEB #C3B2EB

triadic

#B2BDEB #EBB2BD #BDEBB2

tetradic

#B2BDEB #EBB2D9 #EBE0B2 #B2EBC3

square

#B2BDEB #EBB2D9 #EBE0B2 #B2EBC3

split-complementary

#B2BDEB #EBC3B2 #D9EBB2

monochromatic

#516AD2 #8193DE #B2BDEB #E3E7F8 #E7EAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B2BDEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#B2BDEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BDEB

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BDEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BDEB	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4C5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bdeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 189, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.066 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad0f1',
    500: '#b2bdeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bdeb;
$custom-light: #cad0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bdeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.421,
    "s": 58.763,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BDEB

secondary

#C7B87A

accent

#A61FC6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BDEB

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

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