HEX atlas value

#B2BEB5

#B2BEB5 is a cool green HEX color nearest Ash Gray. RGB 178, 190, 181, HSL 135° 8% 72%, luminance 0.4963; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted

#B2BEB5 Sample readable text

HEX #B2BEB5

RGB rgb(178, 190, 181)

HSL hsl(135 8% 72%)

CMYK cmyk(6, 0, 5, 25)

Luminance 0.4963

Contrast Black 10.93:1White 1.92:1

CSS

--color-b2beb5: #B2BEB5;
.background-b2beb5 { background-color: #B2BEB5; }
.text-b2beb5 { color: #B2BEB5; }

HEX meaning and use

About #B2BEB5

#B2BEB5 is classified as a cool green value with muted visual character. #B2BEB5 is visually closest to Ash Gray, a named green color with HEX #B2BEB5.

The RGB channels are 178, 190, and 181, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 135deg with 8% saturation and 72% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.4963, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text10.93:1AA Pass

White text1.92:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #B2BEB5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000010.93:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.92:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#E3E8E4#E3E8E4 · #000000 text · best 16.93:1 #A2CDAD#A2CDAD · #000000 text · best 11.87:1 Silver#C0C0C0 · #000000 text · best 11.54:1 Pumice#BAC0B4 · #000000 text · best 11.29:1 Opal#A8C3BC · #000000 text · best 11.2:1

Generated Palette

Ash Gray#B2BEB5

#BDB2BA#BDB2BA

#B5BDB2#B5BDB2

#B2BDBA#B2BDBA

#E3E8E4#E3E8E4

#809385#809385

Color Harmonies

#BDB2BA#BDB2BA

#B5BDB2#B5BDB2

#B2BDBA#B2BDBA

#B5B2BD#B5B2BD

#BDB5B2#BDB5B2

Variants

#E3E8E4#E3E8E4

#809385#809385

#A2CDAD#A2CDAD

#B8B8B8#B8B8B8

#F7F7F7#F7F7F7

#99FFB3#99FFB3

Nearest Named Colors

Ash Gray#B2BEB5

Pumice#BAC0B4

Opal#A8C3BC

Galvanized Steel#A9B0B4

Silver#C0C0C0

Luminance0.4963

Black text10.93:1AA Pass

White text1.92:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#B2BEB5","rgb":[178,190,181],"hsl":[135,8,72],"cmyk":[6,0,5,25],"luminance":0.4963,"contrast":{"black":10.93,"white":1.92}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":10.93,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.92,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#E3E8E4","hex":"#E3E8E4","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.93,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#A2CDAD","hex":"#A2CDAD","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.87,"contrastWhite":1.77,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.54,"contrastWhite":1.82,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pumice","hex":"#BAC0B4","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.29,"contrastWhite":1.86,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Opal","hex":"#A8C3BC","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.2,"contrastWhite":1.88,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","muted green","Ash Gray adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/b2beb5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ash-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pumice.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/opal.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#BDB2BA","analogous":["#B5BDB2","#B2BDBA"],"triadic":["#B5B2BD","#BDB5B2"],"tetradic":["#B2B5BD","#BDB2BA","#BDBAB2"],"splitComplementary":["#BAB2BD","#BDB2B5"],"monochromatic":["#E3E8E4","#B2BEB5","#809385"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E3E8E4","dark":"#809385","saturated":"#A2CDAD","desaturated":"#B8B8B8","pastel":"#F7F7F7","neon":"#99FFB3"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"ash-gray","name":"Ash Gray","hex":"#B2BEB5","distance":0},{"slug":"pumice","name":"Pumice","hex":"#BAC0B4","distance":8.306623862918075},{"slug":"opal","name":"Opal","hex":"#A8C3BC","distance":13.19090595827292},{"slug":"galvanized-steel","name":"Galvanized Steel","hex":"#A9B0B4","distance":16.673332000533065},{"slug":"silver","name":"Silver","hex":"#C0C0C0","distance":17.916472867168917}]

#B2BEB5

CSS

About #B2BEB5

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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