#B8B4C8#B8B4C8

#B8B4C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.028 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8B4C8
RGB	rgb(184, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(252, 15%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 10%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 5.26, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 10.95, 298.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.012 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.028 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5118, 47.0029, 61.2545)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8B4C8 #C4C8B4

analogous

#B4BAC8 #B8B4C8 #C2B4C8

triadic

#B8B4C8 #C8B8B4 #B4C8B8

tetradic

#B8B4C8 #C8B4BA #C4C8B4 #B4C8C2

square

#B8B4C8 #C8B4BA #C4C8B4 #B4C8C2

split-complementary

#B8B4C8 #C8C2B4 #BAC8B4

monochromatic

#756D94 #9791AE #B8B4C8 #D9D7E2 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B8B4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B8B4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8B4C8

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8B4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8B4C8	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8b4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.028 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdcad8',
    500: '#b8b4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8b4c8;
$custom-light: #cdcad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8b4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77947,
    "c": 0.02842,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8B4C8

secondary

#E7E8E3

accent

#9A4C8A

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FA

border

#D2D1D3

text

#131314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8B4C8

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

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