#B8A6BF#B8A6BF

#B8A6BF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.041 H 316.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A6BF
RGB	rgb(184, 166, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(283, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 11.13, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 15.24, 316.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0295 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.041 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8059, 41.2247, 54.9822)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A6BF #ADBFA6

analogous

#ABA6BF #B8A6BF #BFA6BA

triadic

#B8A6BF #BFB8A6 #A6BFB8

tetradic

#B8A6BF #BFABA6 #ADBFA6 #A6BABF

square

#B8A6BF #BFABA6 #ADBFA6 #A6BABF

split-complementary

#B8A6BF #BABFA6 #A6BFAB

monochromatic

#7E6288 #9C82A5 #B8A6BF #D4CAD9 #F1EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#B8A6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#B8A6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A6BF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A6BF	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)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 166, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.041 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc0d2',
    500: '#b8a6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a6bf;
$custom-light: #cdc0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 16.34,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.04058,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A6BF

secondary

#DFE4DD

accent

#9B4B61

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A6BF

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

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