#B8A8B6#B8A8B6

#B8A8B6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.027 H 329.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8B6
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 182)
HSL	hsl(308, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 8.31, -5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 9.74, 328.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% 0.0231 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.027 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2121, 41.5735, 50.0476)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8B6 #A8B8AA

analogous

#B2A8B8 #B8A8B6 #B8A8AE

triadic

#B8A8B6 #B6B8A8 #A8B6B8

tetradic

#B8A8B6 #B8B2A8 #A8B8AA #A8AEB8

square

#B8A8B6 #B8B2A8 #A8B8AA #A8AEB8

split-complementary

#B8A8B6 #AEB8A8 #A8B8B2

monochromatic

#7E677C #9D869A #B8A8B6 #D4CAD2 #EFEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#B8A8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8B6

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8B6	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.027 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1cb',
    500: '#b8a8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8b6;
$custom-light: #cdc1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74949,
    "c": 0.02676,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8B6

secondary

#DCE0DC

accent

#945A51

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8B6

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

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