#B6B0C8#B6B0C8

#B6B0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.034 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B6B0C8
RGB	rgb(182, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(255, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(255, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 6.76, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 13.25, 300.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% 0.0156 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.034 297)
XYZ	xyz(45.2401, 45.1658, 60.9669)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B6B0C8 #C2C8B0

analogous

#B0B6C8 #B6B0C8 #C2B0C8

triadic

#B6B0C8 #C8B6B0 #B0C8B6

tetradic

#B6B0C8 #C8B0B6 #C2C8B0 #B0C8C2

square

#B6B0C8 #C8B0B6 #C2C8B0 #B0C8C2

split-complementary

#B6B0C8 #C8C2B0 #B6C8B0

monochromatic

#736896 #958CAF #B6B0C8 #D7D4E1 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#B6B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#B6B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B6B0C8

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B6B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B6B0C8	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b6b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(182, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.034 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc7d8',
    500: '#b6b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b6b0c8;
$custom-light: #ccc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b6b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 182,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76978,
    "c": 0.03443,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.45166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B6B0C8

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4987

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B6B0C8

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

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