#B8B2C8#B8B2C8

#B8B2C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.032 H 298.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2C8
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(256, 17%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(256, 11%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 6.34, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 12.16, 301.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% 0.0149 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.032 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1109, 46.2012, 61.1209)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2C8 #C2C8B2

analogous

#B2B7C8 #B8B2C8 #C3B2C8

triadic

#B8B2C8 #C8B8B2 #B2C8B8

tetradic

#B8B2C8 #C8B2B7 #C2C8B2 #B2C8C3

square

#B8B2C8 #C8B2B7 #C2C8B2 #B2C8C3

split-complementary

#B8B2C8 #C8C3B2 #B7C8B2

monochromatic

#766B95 #978EAF #B8B2C8 #D9D6E2 #EFEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B8B2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#B8B2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2C8

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2C8	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.032 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9d8',
    500: '#b8b2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2c8;
$custom-light: #cdc9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77544,
    "c": 0.03159,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9B4B85

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2C8

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

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