#B8B0C8#B8B0C8

#B8B0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.035 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B0C8
RGB	rgb(184, 176, 200)
HSL	hsl(260, 18%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 12%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 7.44, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 13.39, 303.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% 0.0178 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.035 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7159, 45.4111, 60.9892)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B0C8 #C0C8B0

analogous

#B0B4C8 #B8B0C8 #C4B0C8

triadic

#B8B0C8 #C8B8B0 #B0C8B8

tetradic

#B8B0C8 #C8B0B4 #C0C8B0 #B0C8C4

square

#B8B0C8 #C8B0B4 #C0C8B0 #B0C8C4

split-complementary

#B8B0C8 #C8C4B0 #B4C8B0

monochromatic

#776896 #988CAF #B8B0C8 #D8D4E1 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#B8B0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#B8B0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B0C8

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B0C8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6B3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 176, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.035 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc7d8',
    500: '#b8b0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b0c8;
$custom-light: #cdc7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 17.91,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.03484,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B0C8

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9C4981

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B0C8

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

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