#B2BEC4#B2BEC4

#B2BEC4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.016 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BEC4
RGB	rgb(178, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(200, 13%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(200, 9%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -2.94, -4.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 5.32, 236.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0104 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.016 229)
XYZ	xyz(46.7352, 50.2768, 59.4560)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BEC4 #C4B8B2

analogous

#B2C4C1 #B2BEC4 #B2B5C4

triadic

#B2BEC4 #C4B2BE #BEC4B2

tetradic

#B2BEC4 #C1B2C4 #C4B8B2 #B5C4B2

square

#B2BEC4 #C1B2C4 #C4B8B2 #B5C4B2

split-complementary

#B2BEC4 #C4B2B5 #C4C1B2

monochromatic

#6D838E #8FA1A9 #B2BEC4 #D5DBDF #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B2BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BEC4

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BEC4	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)

#BBBDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.016 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d5',
    500: '#b2bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bec4;
$custom-light: #c9d1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 13.235,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79402,
    "c": 0.01579,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.50277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BEC4

secondary

#988A83

accent

#674E97

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BEC4

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

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