#B8A8BB#B8A8BB

#B8A8BB is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.032 H 320.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8BB
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(291, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(291, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 9.26, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 11.99, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.025 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.032 320.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7381, 41.7838, 52.8177)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8BB #ABBBA8

analogous

#AFA8BB #B8A8BB #BBA8B5

triadic

#B8A8BB #BBB8A8 #A8BBB8

tetradic

#B8A8BB #BBAFA8 #ABBBA8 #A8B5BB

square

#B8A8BB #BBAFA8 #ABBBA8 #A8B5BB

split-complementary

#B8A8BB #B5BBA8 #A8BBAF

monochromatic

#7E6683 #9C86A0 #B8A8BB #D4CAD6 #F0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#B8A8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8BB

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8BB	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.032 320.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1cf',
    500: '#b8a8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8bb;
$custom-light: #cdc1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.526,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.03222,
    "h": 320.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8BB

secondary

#DEE2DD

accent

#964F5A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131213

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8BB

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

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