#B4B2C8#B4B2C8

#B4B2C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.031 H 289.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4B2C8
RGB	rgb(180, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(245, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(245, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 5.01, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 11.97, 294.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.0106 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.031 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.1660, 45.7140, 61.0766)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4B2C8 #C6C8B2

analogous

#B2BBC8 #B4B2C8 #BFB2C8

triadic

#B4B2C8 #C8B4B2 #B2C8B4

tetradic

#B4B2C8 #C8B2BB #C6C8B2 #B2C8BF

square

#B4B2C8 #C8B2BB #C6C8B2 #B2C8BF

split-complementary

#B4B2C8 #C8BFB2 #BBC8B2

monochromatic

#6E6B95 #918EAF #B4B2C8 #D7D6E2 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B4B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#B4B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4B2C8

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4B2C8	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.031 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac9d8',
    500: '#b4b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4b2c8;
$custom-light: #cac9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77219,
    "c": 0.03112,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4B2C8

secondary

#E8E8E3

accent

#9B4B94

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4B2C8

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

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