#B8A8BA#B8A8BA

#B8A8BA is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.031 H 322.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8BA
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(293, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(293, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, 9.06, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 11.52, 321.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0246 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.031 322.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6314, 41.7412, 52.2559)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8BA #AABAA8

analogous

#AFA8BA #B8A8BA #BAA8B3

triadic

#B8A8BA #BAB8A8 #A8BAB8

tetradic

#B8A8BA #BAAFA8 #AABAA8 #A8B3BA

square

#B8A8BA #BAAFA8 #AABAA8 #A8B3BA

split-complementary

#B8A8BA #B3BAA8 #A8BAAF

monochromatic

#7E6681 #9C869F #B8A8BA #D4CAD5 #F0ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B8A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#B8A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8BA

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8BA	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.031 322.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1ce',
    500: '#b8a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8ba;
$custom-light: #cdc1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75078,
    "c": 0.03108,
    "h": 322.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8BA

secondary

#DDE1DC

accent

#965058

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8BA

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

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