#B0A8BC#B0A8BC

#B0A8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.030 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A8BC
RGB	rgb(176, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(264, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 6.69, -9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 11.38, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0165 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.03 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9826, 40.8662, 53.2961)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A8BC #B4BCA8

analogous

#A8AABC #B0A8BC #BAA8BC

triadic

#B0A8BC #BCB0A8 #A8BCB0

tetradic

#B0A8BC #BCA8AA #B4BCA8 #A8BCBA

square

#B0A8BC #BCA8AA #B4BCA8 #A8BCBA

split-complementary

#B0A8BC #BCBAA8 #AABCA8

monochromatic

#726684 #9185A1 #B0A8BC #CFCBD7 #EFEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B0A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B0A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A8BC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A8BC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.030 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c1d0',
    500: '#b0a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a8bc;
$custom-light: #c7c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7446,
    "c": 0.02968,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A8BC

secondary

#E0E3DD

accent

#974E7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A8BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →