#B8A6BE#B8A6BE

#B8A6BE is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.039 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6BE
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(285, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, 10.94, -9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 14.76, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0291 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.039 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6962, 41.1809, 54.4047)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6BE #ACBEA6

analogous

#ACA6BE #B8A6BE #BEA6B8

triadic

#B8A6BE #BEB8A6 #A6BEB8

tetradic

#B8A6BE #BEACA6 #ACBEA6 #A6B8BE

square

#B8A6BE #BEACA6 #ACBEA6 #A6B8BE

split-complementary

#B8A6BE #B8BEA6 #A6BEAC

monochromatic

#7E6387 #9C83A4 #B8A6BE #D4C9D8 #F0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B8A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B8A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6BE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6BE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.039 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0d1',
    500: '#b8a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6be;
$custom-light: #cdc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.03937,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6BE

secondary

#DEE3DD

accent

#9A4C5F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →