#B2BEC5#B2BEC5

#B2BEC5 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.017 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BEC5
RGB	rgb(178, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 14%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(202, 10%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -2.74, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 5.65, 241.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.01 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.017 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.8494, 50.3225, 60.0575)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BEC5 #C5B9B2

analogous

#B2C5C2 #B2BEC5 #B2B4C5

triadic

#B2BEC5 #C5B2BE #BEC5B2

tetradic

#B2BEC5 #C2B2C5 #C5B9B2 #B4C5B2

square

#B2BEC5 #C2B2C5 #C5B9B2 #B4C5B2

split-complementary

#B2BEC5 #C5B2B4 #C5C2B2

monochromatic

#6D8390 #8FA1AB #B2BEC5 #D5DBDF #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B2BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BEC5

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BEC5	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)

#BBBDC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.017 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d6',
    500: '#b2bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bec5;
$custom-light: #c9d1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 14.074,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79434,
    "c": 0.0166,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BEC5

secondary

#998B82

accent

#694D98

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BEC5

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

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