#B8B2CA#B8B2CA

#B8B2CA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.034 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2CA
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(255, 18%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(255, 12%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 6.75, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 13.22, 300.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0156 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.034 297)
XYZ	xyz(46.3462, 46.2953, 62.3599)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2CA #C4CAB2

analogous

#B2B8CA #B8B2CA #C4B2CA

triadic

#B8B2CA #CAB8B2 #B2CAB8

tetradic

#B8B2CA #CAB2B8 #C4CAB2 #B2CAC4

square

#B8B2CA #CAB2B8 #C4CAB2 #B2CAC4

split-complementary

#B8B2CA #CAC4B2 #B8CAB2

monochromatic

#756A98 #978EB1 #B8B2CA #D9D6E3 #EEEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#B8B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#B8B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2CA

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2CA	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.034 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9da',
    500: '#b8b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2ca;
$custom-light: #cdc9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 18.462,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77611,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.46295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2CA

secondary

#E7E9E2

accent

#9D4988

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2CA

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

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