#B5B0C8#B5B0C8

#B5B0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.034 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5B0C8
RGB	rgb(181, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(253, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(253, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, 6.43, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 13.20, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% 0.0146 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.034 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0047, 45.0444, 60.9558)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5B0C8 #C3C8B0

analogous

#B0B7C8 #B5B0C8 #C1B0C8

triadic

#B5B0C8 #C8B5B0 #B0C8B5

tetradic

#B5B0C8 #C8B0B7 #C3C8B0 #B0C8C1

square

#B5B0C8 #C8B0B7 #C3C8B0 #B0C8C1

split-complementary

#B5B0C8 #C8C1B0 #B7C8B0

monochromatic

#726896 #938CAF #B5B0C8 #D7D4E1 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#B5B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#B5B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5B0C8

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5B0C8	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.034 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc7d8',
    500: '#b5b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5b0c8;
$custom-light: #cbc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76896,
    "c": 0.03426,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5B0C8

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C498B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5B0C8

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

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