#B2BEC3#B2BEC3

#B2BEC3 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.015 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BEC3
RGB	rgb(178, 190, 195)
HSL	hsl(198, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(198, 9%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -3.14, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 5.03, 231.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0107 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.015 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6217, 50.2314, 58.8586)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BEC3 #C3B7B2

analogous

#B2C3BF #B2BEC3 #B2B5C3

triadic

#B2BEC3 #C3B2BE #BEC3B2

tetradic

#B2BEC3 #BFB2C3 #C3B7B2 #B5C3B2

square

#B2BEC3 #BFB2C3 #C3B7B2 #B5C3B2

split-complementary

#B2BEC3 #C3B2B5 #C3BFB2

monochromatic

#6E848D #90A1A8 #B2BEC3 #D4DBDE #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B2BEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BEC3

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BEC3	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)

#BBBDC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 190, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.015 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d5',
    500: '#b2bec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bec3;
$custom-light: #c9d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 12.409,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79371,
    "c": 0.01508,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BEC3

secondary

#978983

accent

#644F97

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BEC3

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

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