#B8A6B8#B8A6B8

#B8A6B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.033 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6B8
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 9.78, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 11.95, 324.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0269 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.033 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0539, 40.9239, 51.0218)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6B8 #A6B8A6

analogous

#AFA6B8 #B8A6B8 #B8A6AF

triadic

#B8A6B8 #B8B8A6 #A6B8B8

tetradic

#B8A6B8 #B8AFA6 #A6B8A6 #A6AFB8

square

#B8A6B8 #B8AFA6 #A6B8A6 #A6AFB8

split-complementary

#B8A6B8 #AFB8A6 #A6B8AF

monochromatic

#7F657F #9D849D #B8A6B8 #D3C8D3 #EEEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B8A6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B8A6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6B8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6B8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.033 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0cd',
    500: '#b8a6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6b8;
$custom-light: #cdc0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74615,
    "c": 0.03251,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6B8

secondary

#DAE0DA

accent

#955050

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6B8

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

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