#B0A0AE#B0A0AE

#B0A0AE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.027 H 329.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0A0AE
RGB	rgb(176, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(308, 9%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 8.38, -5.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 9.82, 328.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0234 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.027 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1142, 37.4281, 45.2527)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0A0AE #A0B0A2

analogous

#AAA0B0 #B0A0AE #B0A0A6

triadic

#B0A0AE #AEB0A0 #A0AEB0

tetradic

#B0A0AE #B0AAA0 #A0B0A2 #A0A6B0

square

#B0A0AE #B0AAA0 #A0B0A2 #A0A6B0

split-complementary

#B0A0AE #A6B0A0 #A0B0AA

monochromatic

#756172 #947F92 #B0A0AE #CCC1CA #E8E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B0A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B0A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B0A0AE

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B0A0AE	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.027 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bcc6',
    500: '#b0a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0a0ae;
$custom-light: #c7bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 9.195,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.027,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0A0AE

secondary

#D3D9D4

accent

#935A52

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0A0AE

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

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