#B8A6BC#B8A6BC

#B8A6BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.037 H 320.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6BC
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(289, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(289, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 10.55, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 13.80, 319.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% 0.0284 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.037 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4791, 41.0940, 53.2613)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6BC #AABCA6

analogous

#ADA6BC #B8A6BC #BCA6B5

triadic

#B8A6BC #BCB8A6 #A6BCB8

tetradic

#B8A6BC #BCADA6 #AABCA6 #A6B5BC

square

#B8A6BC #BCADA6 #AABCA6 #A6B5BC

split-complementary

#B8A6BC #B5BCA6 #A6BCAD

monochromatic

#7E6384 #9C83A2 #B8A6BC #D4C9D6 #F0ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#B8A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#B8A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6BC

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6BC	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.037 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0d0',
    500: '#b8a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6bc;
$custom-light: #cdc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.037,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6BC

secondary

#DDE2DC

accent

#984D5B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6BC

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

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