#B2CAED#B2CAED

#B2CAED is a very light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.056 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2CAED
RGB	rgb(178, 202, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 62%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(216, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -0.49, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 19.95, 268.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0118 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.056 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7625, 57.8188, 88.3792)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2CAED #EDD5B2

analogous

#B2E8ED #B2CAED #B8B2ED

triadic

#B2CAED #EDB2CA #CAEDB2

tetradic

#B2CAED #EDB2E8 #EDD5B2 #B2EDB8

square

#B2CAED #EDB2E8 #EDD5B2 #B2EDB8

split-complementary

#B2CAED #EDB8B2 #E8EDB2

monochromatic

#4F86D6 #80A8E1 #B2CAED #E4ECF9 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B2CAED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#B2CAED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B2CAED

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2CAED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B2CAED	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECBEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2D1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2caed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 202, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.056 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cadaf2',
    500: '#b2caed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2caed;
$custom-light: #cadaf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2caed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.593,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83272,
    "c": 0.05578,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2CAED

secondary

#CAA979

accent

#831CCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2CAED

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

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