#B2BEE5#B2BEE5

#B2BEE5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.057 H 271.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BEE5
RGB	rgb(178, 190, 229)
HSL	hsl(226, 50%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(226, 22%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 17%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 4.13, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 21.19, 281.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0017 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.057 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9128, 51.9479, 81.4581)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BEE5 #E5D9B2

analogous

#B2D8E5 #B2BEE5 #BFB2E5

triadic

#B2BEE5 #E5B2BE #BEE5B2

tetradic

#B2BEE5 #E5B2D8 #E5D9B2 #B2E5BF

square

#B2BEE5 #E5B2D8 #E5D9B2 #B2E5BF

split-complementary

#B2BEE5 #E5BFB2 #D8E5B2

monochromatic

#5671C6 #8497D6 #B2BEE5 #E0E5F4 #E8ECF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B2BEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#B2BEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BEE5

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BEE5	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6C5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 190, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.057 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d1ed',
    500: '#b2bee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bee5;
$custom-light: #c9d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8053,
    "c": 0.05681,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BEE5

secondary

#BFAF7C

accent

#9A29BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BEE5

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

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