#B2BEC2#B2BEC2

#B2BEC2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.014 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BEC2
RGB	rgb(178, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(195, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -3.34, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 4.79, 225.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0111 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.014 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5091, 50.1864, 58.2651)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BEC2 #C2B6B2

analogous

#B2C2BE #B2BEC2 #B2B6C2

triadic

#B2BEC2 #C2B2BE #BEC2B2

tetradic

#B2BEC2 #BEB2C2 #C2B6B2 #B6C2B2

square

#B2BEC2 #BEB2C2 #C2B6B2 #B6C2B2

split-complementary

#B2BEC2 #C2B2B6 #C2BEB2

monochromatic

#6E848B #90A1A7 #B2BEC2 #D4DBDD #EEF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#B2BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BEC2

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BEC2	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.014 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d4',
    500: '#b2bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bec2;
$custom-light: #c9d1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 11.594,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79341,
    "c": 0.01447,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BEC2

secondary

#958783

accent

#615096

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BEC2

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

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