#B8A6BB#B8A6BB

#B8A6BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.036 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6BB
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 13%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(291, 11%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, 10.36, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 13.32, 321.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.028 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.036 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3717, 41.0511, 52.6956)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6BB #A9BBA6

analogous

#AEA6BB #B8A6BB #BBA6B4

triadic

#B8A6BB #BBB8A6 #A6BBB8

tetradic

#B8A6BB #BBAEA6 #A9BBA6 #A6B4BB

square

#B8A6BB #BBAEA6 #A9BBA6 #A6B4BB

split-complementary

#B8A6BB #B4BBA6 #A6BBAE

monochromatic

#7E6483 #9C83A0 #B8A6BB #D4C9D6 #EFEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#B8A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6BB

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6BB	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.036 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0cf',
    500: '#b8a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6bb;
$custom-light: #cdc0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 13.376,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74714,
    "c": 0.03585,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6BB

secondary

#DCE1DB

accent

#984E58

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6BB

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

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