#B8A8B8#B8A8B8

#B8A8B8 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.029 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8B8
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, 8.68, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 10.61, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0239 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.029 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4203, 41.6567, 51.1439)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8B8 #A8B8A8

analogous

#B0A8B8 #B8A8B8 #B8A8B0

triadic

#B8A8B8 #B8B8A8 #A8B8B8

tetradic

#B8A8B8 #B8B0A8 #A8B8A8 #A8B0B8

square

#B8A8B8 #B8B0A8 #A8B8A8 #A8B0B8

split-complementary

#B8A8B8 #B0B8A8 #A8B8B0

monochromatic

#7E677E #9D869D #B8A8B8 #D4CAD4 #EFEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B8A8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8B8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8B8	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.029 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1cd',
    500: '#b8a8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8b8;
$custom-light: #cdc1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75013,
    "c": 0.02886,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8B8

secondary

#DCE0DC

accent

#945151

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8B8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →