#B8A8C8#B8A8C8

#B8A8C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.048 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8C8
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 200)
HSL	hsl(270, 23%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(270, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 16%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 11.83, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 18.48, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% 0.0296 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.048 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1933, 42.3659, 60.4816)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8C8 #B8C8A8

analogous

#A8A8C8 #B8A8C8 #C8A8C8

triadic

#B8A8C8 #C8B8A8 #A8C8B8

tetradic

#B8A8C8 #C8A8A8 #B8C8A8 #A8C8C8

square

#B8A8C8 #C8A8A8 #B8C8A8 #A8C8C8

split-complementary

#B8A8C8 #C8C8A8 #A8C8A8

monochromatic

#7B5F96 #9983B0 #B8A8C8 #D7CDE0 #F0ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B8A8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#B8A8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8C8

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8C8	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AEC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ACB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.048 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d8',
    500: '#b8a8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8c8;
$custom-light: #cdc1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 22.535,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75555,
    "c": 0.04841,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8C8

secondary

#E6EAE1

accent

#A14573

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F9F7FA

border

#D2D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8C8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →