#B8B2CD#B8B2CD

#B8B2CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.039 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B2CD
RGB	rgb(184, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 21%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(253, 13%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, 7.36, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 14.83, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0167 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.039 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7048, 46.4388, 64.2488)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B2CD #C7CDB2

analogous

#B2B9CD #B8B2CD #C5B2CD

triadic

#B8B2CD #CDB8B2 #B2CDB8

tetradic

#B8B2CD #CDB2B9 #C7CDB2 #B2CDC5

square

#B8B2CD #CDB2B9 #C7CDB2 #B2CDC5

split-complementary

#B8B2CD #CDC5B2 #B9CDB2

monochromatic

#74689D #968DB5 #B8B2CD #DAD7E5 #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B8B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#B8B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B2CD

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B2CD	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.039 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc9dc',
    500: '#b8b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b2cd;
$custom-light: #cdc9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 21.26,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77714,
    "c": 0.03851,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B2CD

secondary

#E8E9E2

accent

#A0468C

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B2CD

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

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