#B8A8BC#B8A8BC

#B8A8BC is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.033 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8A8BC
RGB	rgb(184, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(288, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 9.45, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 12.47, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.0254 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.033 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8455, 41.8268, 53.3834)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8A8BC #ACBCA8

analogous

#AEA8BC #B8A8BC #BCA8B6

triadic

#B8A8BC #BCB8A8 #A8BCB8

tetradic

#B8A8BC #BCAEA8 #ACBCA8 #A8B6BC

square

#B8A8BC #BCAEA8 #ACBCA8 #A8B6BC

split-complementary

#B8A8BC #B6BCA8 #A8BCAE

monochromatic

#7E6684 #9C85A1 #B8A8BC #D4CBD7 #F0EDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#B8A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#B8A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B8A8BC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B8A8BC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.033 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc1d0',
    500: '#b8a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8a8bc;
$custom-light: #cdc1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75144,
    "c": 0.03338,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8A8BC

secondary

#DEE3DD

accent

#974E5D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F7F9

border

#D2D0D2

text

#131214

muted

#828182

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8A8BC

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

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