#B2BEC6#B2BEC6

#B2BEC6 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.017 H 236.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BEC6
RGB	rgb(178, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(204, 15%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(204, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -2.54, -5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 6.00, 245.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0096 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.017 236.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9643, 50.3685, 60.6629)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BEC6 #C6BAB2

analogous

#B2C6C4 #B2BEC6 #B2B4C6

triadic

#B2BEC6 #C6B2BE #BEC6B2

tetradic

#B2BEC6 #C4B2C6 #C6BAB2 #B4C6B2

square

#B2BEC6 #C4B2C6 #C6BAB2 #B4C6B2

split-complementary

#B2BEC6 #C6B2B4 #C6C4B2

monochromatic

#6C8392 #8FA0AC #B2BEC6 #D5DCE0 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B2BEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BEC6

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BEC6	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBDC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.017 236.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1d7',
    500: '#b2bec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bec6;
$custom-light: #c9d1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 14.925,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79465,
    "c": 0.01748,
    "h": 236.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BEC6

secondary

#9A8C82

accent

#6B4C99

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFB

border

#D2D4D4

text

#131414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BEC6

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

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