#B2C4E2#B2C4E2

#B2C4E2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.047 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2C4E2
RGB	rgb(178, 196, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 45%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(218, 21%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, 0.22, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 16.96, 270.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0076 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.047 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8239, 54.4345, 79.7132)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2C4E2 #E2D0B2

analogous

#B2DCE2 #B2C4E2 #B8B2E2

triadic

#B2C4E2 #E2B2C4 #C4E2B2

tetradic

#B2C4E2 #E2B2DC #E2D0B2 #B2E2B8

square

#B2C4E2 #E2B2DC #E2D0B2 #B2E2B8

split-complementary

#B2C4E2 #E2B8B2 #DCE2B2

monochromatic

#5980C1 #86A2D1 #B2C4E2 #DEE6F3 #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B2C4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#B2C4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2C4E2

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2C4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2C4E2	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6CACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2c4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 196, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.047 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9d5eb',
    500: '#b2c4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2c4e2;
$custom-light: #c9d5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2c4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.04678,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2C4E2

secondary

#BBA47D

accent

#842DB8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#131416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2C4E2

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

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