#B8B2C2#B8B2C2

#B8B2C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.023 H 302.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2C2
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(263, 12%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(263, 8%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 5.15, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 8.98, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% 0.0127 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.023 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4234, 45.9262, 57.5001)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2C2 #BCC2B2

analogous

#B2B4C2 #B8B2C2 #C0B2C2

triadic

#B8B2C2 #C2B8B2 #B2C2B8

tetradic

#B8B2C2 #C2B2B4 #BCC2B2 #B2C2C0

square

#B8B2C2 #C2B2B4 #BCC2B2 #B2C2C0

split-complementary

#B8B2C2 #C2C0B2 #B4C2B2

monochromatic

#796E8B #9990A7 #B8B2C2 #D7D4DD #EFEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#B8B2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#B8B2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2C2

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2C2	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7B4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.023 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9d4',
    500: '#b8b2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2c2;
$custom-light: #cdc9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 11.594,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.02339,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2C2

secondary

#E6E8E3

accent

#96507B

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2C2

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

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