#B2BFB9#B2BFB9

#B2BFB9 is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.017 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2BFB9
RGB	rgb(178, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(152, 9%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(152, 7%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -5.62, 1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 5.81, 165.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0161 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.017 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7461, 50.2289, 53.1746)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2BFB9 #BFB2B8

analogous

#B2BFB3 #B2BFB9 #B2BFBF

triadic

#B2BFB9 #B9B2BF #BFB9B2

tetradic

#B2BFB9 #B3B2BF #BFB2B8 #BFBFB2

square

#B2BFB9 #B3B2BF #BFB2B8 #BFBFB2

split-complementary

#B2BFB9 #BFB2BF #BFB3B2

monochromatic

#70877C #91A39B #B2BFB9 #D3DBD7 #EEF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B2BFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B2BFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2BFB9

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2BFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2BFB9	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)

#BEBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2bfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.017 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d2ce',
    500: '#b2bfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2bfb9;
$custom-light: #c9d2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2bfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 9.22,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79282,
    "c": 0.01659,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2BFB9

secondary

#92838A

accent

#527093

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFA

border

#D2D4D3

text

#131413

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2BFB9

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

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