#B4B0C8#B4B0C8

#B4B0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.034 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B0C8
RGB	rgb(180, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(250, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, 6.10, -11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 13.15, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.0135 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.034 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7710, 44.9239, 60.9449)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B0C8 #C4C8B0

analogous

#B0B8C8 #B4B0C8 #C0B0C8

triadic

#B4B0C8 #C8B4B0 #B0C8B4

tetradic

#B4B0C8 #C8B0B8 #C4C8B0 #B0C8C0

square

#B4B0C8 #C8B0B8 #C4C8B0 #B0C8C0

split-complementary

#B4B0C8 #C8C0B0 #B8C8B0

monochromatic

#706896 #928CAF #B4B0C8 #D6D4E1 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B4B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#B4B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B0C8

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B0C8	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.034 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac7d8',
    500: '#b4b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b0c8;
$custom-light: #cac7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76815,
    "c": 0.03415,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B0C8

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#9C498E

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B0C8

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

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